Niemann-Pick disease, type B with TRAP-positive storage cells and secondary sea blue histiocytosis

We present 2 cases of Niemann Pick disease, type B with secondary sea-blue histiocytosis. Strikingly, in both cases the Pick cells were positive for tartrate resistant acid phosphatase, a finding hitherto described only in Gaucher cells. This report highlights the importance of this finding as a pot...

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Main Authors: R. Saxena, H.P. Pati, S. Dutta, R. Kar, P. Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-09-01
Series:European Journal of Histochemistry
Online Access:http://ejh.pagepress.org/index.php/ejh/article/view/1337