Clinical improvement in a case of atypical infantile onset Pompe disease with enzyme replacement therapy

효소 보충 치료로 호전을 보인 비전형적 영아형 Pompe 병 1례

  • Jeon, You Hoon (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Eun, Baik-Lin (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
  • Son, Chang Sung (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Dong Hwan (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
  • 전유훈 (순천향대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 은백린 (고려대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 손창성 (고려대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실) ;
  • 이동환 (순천향대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실)
  • Received : 2006.09.12
  • Accepted : 2006.10.30
  • Published : 2007.02.15

Abstract

Pompe disease is a genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of acid ${\alpha}$-glucosidase (GAA). Infantile onset Pompe disease is uniformly lethal. Affected infants generally present in the first few months of life with hypotonia, generalized muscle weakness, and a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which is rapidly followed by death, usually by the age of one. The late-onset form is characterized less severe symptoms and prognosis. Therapy for Pompe disease is intended to directly address the underlying metabolic defect via intravenous infusions of recombinant human GAA to replace the missing enzyme. We report a case of atypical infantile-onset Pompe disease that presented symptoms in infancy but had less severe clinical manifestations and improved after GAA enzyme replacement ($Myozyme^{(R)}$, Genzyme Co., MA, USA) therapy. It is very important that pediatricians become aware of signs and symptoms of Pompe disease, such as a nasal voice or a waddling gait at an early stage so that these patients can benefit from appropriate GAA replacement therapy as soon as possible.

Pompe 병(Glycogen storage disease type II)은 acid ${\alpha}$-glucosidase (GAA)의 결손에 의한 질환이며 열성으로 유전한다. 전신적인 근육약화와 비후성 심근병이 생긴 후 대개 1년 안에 사망하게 되는 영아기 발병형과 상대적으로 임상양상이 경한 후기 발병형이 있다. Pompe 병의 국내 보고는 드문 상태이나 최근 GAA 효소 보충 요법이 개발되어 임상적으로 시도 중이다. 저자들은 발병은 영아기에 있으나 비교적 임상증상이 심하지 않은 비전형적 영아형 Pompe 병을 진단받고 심한 간비대와 비후성 심근병증, 보행곤란의 증상을 보이던 4세 남아에게 재조합 인간 GAA 효소($Myozyme^{(R)}$, Genzyme Co., MA, USA) 치료를 하여 운동능력과 심기능의 현저한 호전을 경험하였기에 보고한다. 비전형적 영아형 Pompe 병에서는 ERT의 효과가 더욱 큰 것으로 생각되며 소아과의사들이 비전형적 Pompe 병 초기의 특징인 비음이나 동요성 보행같은 증상을 이해하고 있어 이를 빨리 진단하고 효소보충요법을 조기에 시행한다면 Pompe 병 환아의 예후를 호전시킬 수 있겠다.

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