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Niemann- Pick disease

Niemann- Pick disease
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Author: Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, DM; Dr. Ankur Ahuja; Dr. Venkatesan Somasundaram; Dr. Janmeet Kular
Category: Laboratory Hematology > Basic cell morphology > Morphologic variants of white blood cells > Histiocyte/macrophage – storage disease > Niemann Pick  
Published Date: 10/31/2024

One year old child presented with dvelopmental delay and heptosplenomgealy. There was peripheral pancytopenia and bone marrow showed clusters of foam cells with small round nuceli and abundant cytoplasm conatinig clear vacoules of varying sizes. Enzyme studies confirmed the diagnois of Niemann -Pick disease.