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Biochemistry General 263c0564

Hepatomegaly is an essential feature of

A
Von Gierke's disease
B
Nieman Pick disease
C
Hurler syndrome
D
Hepatic porphyria
High-Yield Explanation
Hepatomegaly is an essential feature of von Gierke's disease (all glycogen storage diseases except type 2, 5, 7), Hurler (Scheic) syndrome (& all mucopolysaccharidosis) and Nieman-Pick disease. But the hepatic involvement of hepatic porphyria is variable. Patients with chronic hepatic porphyria (porphyria cutanea tarda), however may show liver enlargement d/t fatty infiltration but frank sings of hepatomegaly and iron overload are rare.

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