Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: health care throughout life.

Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome: Health Care Throughout Life abstract

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare autosomal recessive disease that displays genetic heterogeneity; there are 9 known subtypes. HPS is characterized by oculocutaneous albinism, a platelet storage pool deficiency and resultant bleeding diathesis, and lysosomal accumulation of ceroid lipofuscin. Patients with HPS, specifically those with the genotypes HPS-1, HPS-2, or HPS-4, are predispose...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome complicated by pulmonary fibrosis.

A 45-year-old woman from Puerto Rico presented to the emergency department with progressively worsening dyspnea over a 3to 4-day period. She had been diagnosed with type 1 Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome complicated by pulmonary fi brosis 4 years earlier. Previous renal biopsy demonstrated nephrosclerosis secondary to HermanskyPudlak syndrome. A brother also had Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome complicated ...

A Novel Splice Site Mutation in HPS1 Gene is Associated with Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome-1 (HPS1) in an Iranian Family

Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome; a Case Report

PURPOSE To report a case of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. CASE REPORT A seven-year-old boy presented with marked generalized hypopigmentation, ocular exodeviation and nystagmus. He had history of easy bruising. Examination revealed green irides with marked transillumination, hypopigmented fundi and foveal hypoplasia. Further investigations disclosed platelet storage defect with adenosine diphosp...

A rare cause of interstitial lung disease: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome is a rare disease characterized by bleeding diathesis, oculocutaneous albinism and lysosomal ceroid lipofuscin pigment deposits. Pulmonary fibrosis may also accompany with the disease. A 48-year-old male patient with a diagnosis of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome admitted with dyspnea. A thorax computed tomography revealed bilateral diffuse interlobular septal thickness whic...