Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type

Introduction: Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type

Description of Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type

Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type (medical condition): A rare inherited lipid storage disease. The condition...more »

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Wolman disease:
  »Introduction: Wolman disease
  »Symptoms of Wolman disease
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Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type:

• Acid
• Ester
• Hydrolase
• Deficiency
• Deficiency disease
• Wolman
• Wolman disease
• Wolman syndrome

Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type, or a subtype of Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type as a Disease

Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type: Another name for Wolman disease (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Wolman disease
  »Symptoms of Wolman disease
  »Treatments for Wolman disease

Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type: Related Diseases

Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type: Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Genetic conditions
• Metabolic conditions
• Lipid metabolism conditions
• Congenital conditions - metabolic disorders
• Congenital conditions

Symptoms of Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type (Wolman disease)

Some of the symptoms of Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type incude:

• Xanthomas of the skin
• Xanthomas of the retina
• Anorexia
• Vomiting
• Diarrhoea

See full list of 26 symptoms of Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type (Wolman disease)

Treatments for Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type (Wolman disease)

Treatments for Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type (Wolman disease) include:

• There is no specific treatment other than symptomatic measures:
• Adrenal hormones if adrenal glands fail
• IV nutrition
• Bone marrow transplant caused remission in one patient
• Blood transfusions if anemia develops

See full list of 7 treatments for Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type

Treatment of Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type: For more treatment information about Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type, see treatment of Wolman disease (Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type)

Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type:

• autoosmal recessive disorser
• lipid storage disorder
• chromosome 10
• hepatosplenomegaly
• jaundice
• anemia
• vomiting
• splenomegaly
• blood transfusion

Terms associated with Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type:

Terms Similar to Acid cholesteryl ester hydrolase deficiency, Wolman type:

• Cholesterol ester hydrolase deficiency
• LAL Deficiency
• LIPA deficiency
• Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency
• Wolman disease

Source - NIH

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