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NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 171-173Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0456-z
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Niemann-Pick type C1; classic phenotype; pneumopathy
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Progressive lung infiltration is a major cause of death in Niemann-Pick disease type A and B (NPA, NPB) and in the recently defined type C2. In type C1 (NPC1), the main manifestations are neurological. We report a patient with a classic, neurological, late infantile form of NPC1 disease, carrying the mutation P474L and the variant 1642M in the NPC1 gene, who suffered recurrent respiratory manifestations. Bronchoalveolar lavage of a lung segment due to deteriorating respiratory condition revealed many foamy macrophages and was followed by an improvement in symptoms. Pneumopathy may therefore be considered a feature of NPC1 disease for which a partial bronchoalveolar lavage could be a useful treatment.
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