Initial and Final Status of the Patients with Niemann Pick A and B: Ege University Experience
Journal Title: The Journal of Pediatric Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Aim: Niemann-Pick disease (NPD) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by an insufficient activity of acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) resulting in the accumulation of sphingomyelin. Type A is an infantile neurovisceral fatal form characterized by hepatosplenomegaly and rapidly progressive neurological deterioration, while the Type B non-neuronopathic disease presents visceral form and sufferers usually survive into adulthood. Materials and Methods: Here we present clinical and molecular findings for 19 patients with NPD A/B. Results: Nineteen patients with ASM deficiency were enrolled in our study. Nine of them were female and ten patients were male. The median age of the patients was 7.5 years (minimum-maximum: 1-57 years), the median age at diagnosis was 3 years (minimum-maximum: 6 months-56 years). The median length of the follow up period was 4.07±3.8 years (range: 1 month-14 years). Eighteen patients had hepatosplenomegaly, one patient had splenomegaly. Pulmonary involvement was detected in 10 patients. Six patients died during follow up. Conclusion: Patients with Niemann Pick A/B have a high mortality and morbidity rate. There is a need for a safe and effective therapy for patients with NPD A/B to reduce splenomegaly, to improve liver and respiratory function and to reduce the rate of mortality and morbidity.
Authors and Affiliations
Ebru Canda, Havva Yazıcı, Esra Er, Sema Kalkan Uçar, Hüseyin Onay, Eser Sözmen, Ferda Özkınay, Mahmut Çoker
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