Nieman-Pick disease

Niemann-pickrsquo; s disease (NPD) is a hereditary metabolic disease caused by the deposition of sphingomyelin and cholesterol in various organs of the body. It is common in young children and has liver, spleen, and fundus macular The main features are cherry red spots and large foam-like cells in bone marrow smears.

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