Talk:Cherry-red spot

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The list of causes for cherry red spots reads okay until you reach lysosomal storage disorders. I mean, you can't list Hurlers, then separately list MPS again; NPD, Tay Sachs and then round it off by saying that all storage disorders show them anyway. Which is, incidentally, not true. I am inclined to edit that straight out, but would be nice if someone would concur with, or correct, me. I'm also unable to check if Gaucher's shows them. Any help?

Animeshagr (talk) 18:16, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

I concur that only Tay-Sachs and Niemann-Pick show the cherry red spots, based on First Aid for the USMLE 2010. I don't see mention of them for Hurler's syndrome: only corneal clouding. Same source doesn't say anything for Gaucher's.

wesley1610 22:32, 7 June 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesley1610 (talk • contribs)

Fenichel's Clinical Pediatric Neurology: A Signs and Symptoms Approach, 2013, says "The absence of mucopolysacchariduria and the presence of a cherry-red spot distinguish infantile GM1 gangliosidosis from Hurler syndrome" (page 127). So it sounds like Hurler should not be in the differential. Mikeblyth (talk) 01:05, 3 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

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