Pathology of Tangier disease

AUTOR(ES)

Bale, Patricia M.

RESUMO

Two cases of Tangier disease are described in children from families unrelated to each other. Necropsy in one case, the first to be reported in this condition, showed large collections of cholesterol-laden macrophages in tonsils, thymus, lymph nodes, and colon, and moderate numbers in pyelonephritic scars and ureter. As the storage cells may be scanty in marrow, jejunum, and liver, the rectum is suggested as the site of choice for biopsy.

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