Affiliation:
1. Kazan State Medical Academy — Branch Campus of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Further Professional Education “Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education” of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation; Kazan State Medical University
Abstract
The article presents a rare clinical case of Gaucher's disease, a hereditary disease that belongs to lysosomal accumulation diseases. A 36-year-old patient was admitted to the clinic with complaints of pain in the left half of the abdomen, pain in the chest, cough with yellow sputum, difficulty breathing due to pain, general weakness. The mental underdevelopment, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and the threat of rupture of the spleen were revealed in the process of collecting anamnesis and examination. The patient was transferred to the surgical department, and a splenectomy was performed. Histological examination of the spleen and genetic examination confirmed the diagnosis of Gaucher's disease.
Publisher
LLC Global Media Technology
Subject
Gastroenterology,Hepatology
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