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To the Editor: We report on an unusual manifestation of Gaucher's disease that responded to enzyme-replacement therapy. A 42-year-old woman with known type 1 Gaucher's disease who was homozygous for the N370S mutation was admitted to our unit with a history of a continuous, severe decrease in left-sided visual acuity over a period of nine months. She also reported asthenia, diffuse skeletal pain, and easy bruising.

The spleen was enlarged, the platelet count was 50,000 per cubic millimeter, and the concentrations of acid phosphatase, angiotensin-converting enzyme, and ferritin were elevated. A magnetic resonance examination of the lower extremities showed moderate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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