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Case Reports
. 2002 Dec;25(8):681-93.
doi: 10.1023/a:1022935115323.

The osteodystrophy of mucolipidosis type III and the effects of intravenous pamidronate treatment

C Robinson  1 , N Baker, J Noble, A King, G David, D Sillence, P Hofman, T Cundy
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The osteodystrophy of mucolipidosis type III and the effects of intravenous pamidronate treatment

C Robinson et al. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

Mucolipidosis type III (ML III; McKusick 252600) is a rare lysosomal storage disease in which skeletal involvement is prominent, in particular the destruction of vertebral bodies and the femoral heads. We describe studies in two siblings with ML III that suggest the presence of a distinct metabolic bone disorder. Biochemical indices of bone turnover were increased, and transiliac bone biopsy demonstrated both trabecular osteopenia and marked subperiosteal bone resorption. Intravenous pamidronate treatment given monthly for a year was well tolerated and produced dramatic clinical effects, with reduction in bone pain and improvements in mobility, despite incomplete suppression of bone resorption as assessed by biochemical, radiographic and histological criteria. Bisphosphonate therapy may have an important role in the management of bone pain in ML III, as it does in the related lysosomal disorder of Gaucher disease.

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