Unusual pericardial calcification in Gaucher's disease

Arch Intern Med. 1983 Oct;143(10):2010-1.

Abstract

Gaucher's disease is a hereditary metabolic disorder characterized by the abnormal accumulation of glucocerebrosides in reticuloendothelial cells. A 58-year-old man had Gaucher's disease and suffered from hypersplenism, cirrhosis of the liver, and free-floating calcifications in the pericardial space. The literature of the pericardial involvement in Gaucher's disease is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / etiology*
  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology*
  • Gaucher Disease / complications*
  • Humans
  • Hypersplenism / etiology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pericardium / pathology*