Type IV glycogen storage disease: first reported case in Thailand

J Med Assoc Thai. 1989 Dec;72(12):697-700.

Abstract

Glycogen storage disease type IV is rare. The disease is characterized by widespread storage of a polysaccharide similar to amylopectin. An autopsy case of a 6-year-old Thai boy with cirrhosis and deposits in the liver, heart, muscle and central nervous system was described along with histochemical and electron microscopic findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV* / pathology
  • Glycogen Storage Disease* / pathology
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Muscles / pathology
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Thailand