Complications of Gaucher Disease

Complications list for Gaucher Disease:

The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Gaucher Disease includes:

• Bone fractures
• Infarctions
• Necrosis
• Pain
• Thrombocytopenia
• Anemia
• Infection
• Bone crises may occur secondarily to infarcts. Avascular necrosis of the hip is not uncommon
• Splenic rupture can result from trauma
• Cirrhosis is a rare complication

See also the symptoms of Gaucher Disease and Gaucher Disease: Introduction.

Complications and sequelae of Gaucher Disease from the Diseases Database include:

• Bone lysis
• Hepatomegaly
• Angiotensin converting enzyme levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Thrombocytopenia
• Platyspondyly
• Bone pain
• Pinguecula
• Erlenmeyer flask deformity
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Osteosclerosis
• Learning disability
• Sphingolipidosis
• Acid phosphatase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Aseptic necrosis of bone
• Pericarditis
• Hydrops fetalis
• Collodion membrane
• Hyperreflexia
• Tooth eruption delayed
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Splenomegaly
• Hyperpigmentation
• Dysphagia
• Leucoerythroblastic anaemia
• Short stature

See also the symptoms of Gaucher Disease and Gaucher Disease: Introduction.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

About complications:

Complications of Gaucher Disease are secondary conditions, symptoms, or other disorders that are caused by Gaucher Disease. In many cases the distinction between symptoms of Gaucher Disease and complications of Gaucher Disease is unclear or arbitrary.

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