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. 2003 Jan;162(1):57–68. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63798-4

Table 1.

Clinical Findings

Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4
Age at diagnosis (months) 3 18 7 Birth
Death No No No No
Family history Unremarkable Unremarkable Unremarkable One brother affected
Symptoms Macrocephaly, hydrocephaly, growth retardation, pale optic nerve papillae, fever, rhinitis, mild hypotony Macrocephaly, hydrocephaly, growth retardation, pale optic nerve papillae, hepato-splenomegaly, dysmorphism, pale skin, muscle ipotony, and ipotrophy Macrocephaly, dwarfism, severely reduced vision, hepato-splenomegaly, nistagmo Macrocephaly, reduced vision, ipotony, mild hepato-splenomegaly, mild ipoacusy
Surgery Anterior craniotomy for decompression No No Optic channel decompression
Pre-BMT therapy Vitamin D3 135 ng/kg/day No Prednisone 1mg/kg/day No
Age at BMT (months) 6 21 9 2
Donor (bone marrow) Sister Unrelated Unrelated Brother
GVHD Yes Yes No No
Post-BMT follow-up Marked improvement of osteosclerosis Growth retardation Severely compromised vision (both eyes) Vision left eye <1/50