Mannosidosis: phenotype of a severely affected child and characterization of alpha-mannosidase activity in cultured fibroblasts from the patient and his parents

J Pediatr. 1976 May;88(5):814-8. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(76)81120-1.

Abstract

A three-year-old boy has coarse facial features, upper respiratory congestion, profound mental retardation, hepatosplenomegaly, increased height and head circumference, cataracts, a gibbus deformity, radiographic changes of dysostosis multiplex, and vacuolized peripheral lymphocytes. These findings are the most commonly reported clinical features in the previously described patients with mannosidosis. Our patient has a severe deficiency, and his parents have intermediate levels, of the acidic component of alpha-mannosidase in their cultured fibroblasts.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cells, Cultured
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disaccharidases / deficiency*
  • Face
  • Fibroblasts / enzymology
  • Glycosaminoglycans / urine
  • Hepatomegaly / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Lysosomes / enzymology
  • Male
  • Mannosidases / deficiency*
  • Mannosidases / metabolism
  • Phenotype

Substances

  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Disaccharidases
  • Mannosidases