From blood smear to lipid disorder: a case report

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2013 Nov;35(8):e329-31. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318271c915.

Abstract

Neutral lipid storage disease (Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of lipid metabolism, characterized by systemic accumulation of neutral lipids in multiple tissues. We report a case of a 14-year-old girl with generalized ichthyosis, liver cirrhosis, and a hearing impairment. A peripheral blood smear demonstrated marked cytoplasmatic vacuoles in most polymorphonuclear cells (Jordan's anomaly). Bone marrow examination revealed vacuoles in myeloid precursors. Genetic analysis showed that the patient was homozygous for the p.Arg312Ter mutation in the CGI-58 gene, a key enzyme in lipid metabolism. The peripheral blood smear is diagnostic, and should be performed in any patient with ichthyosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 1-Acylglycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase / genetics
  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Hearing Loss / genetics
  • Hematologic Tests
  • Humans
  • Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital / complications
  • Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital / genetics
  • Ichthyosis / genetics
  • Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / complications
  • Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / diagnosis*
  • Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / genetics
  • Liver Cirrhosis / genetics
  • Muscular Diseases / complications
  • Muscular Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Muscular Diseases / genetics
  • Mutation

Substances

  • 1-Acylglycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase
  • ABHD5 protein, human

Supplementary concepts

  • Chanarin-Dorfman Syndrome