Lipid storage disorder

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Lipid storage disorder Classification and external resources
ICD-10	E75.
ICD-9	272.7
eMedicine	ped/1310
MeSH	D008064

Lipid storage disorders (or lipidoses) are a group of inherited metabolic disorders in which harmful amounts of lipids (fats) accumulate in some of the body’s cells and tissues.^[1] People with these disorders either do not produce enough of one of the enzymes needed to metabolize lipids or they produce enzymes that do not work properly. Over time, this excessive storage of fats can cause permanent cellular and tissue damage, particularly in the brain, peripheral nervous system, liver, spleen and bone marrow.

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v • d • e Inborn error of lipid metabolism - Lysosomal storage diseases - lipid storage disorders (E75, 272.7-272.8, 330.0-330.1) Sphingolipidoses Gangliosidoses: GM1 gangliosidoses, GM2 gangliosidoses (Sandhoff disease, Tay-Sachs disease, AB variant) Fabry's disease - Gaucher's disease sulfated: Leukodystrophy (Metachromatic leukodystrophy, Krabbe disease) ceramide: Farber disease phospholipid: Niemann-Pick disease Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis Infantile - Jansky-Bielschowsky disease - Batten disease Other Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis - Cholesteryl ester storage disease (Wolman disease) see also glycolipid metabolism enzymes

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