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A 48 year old lady presented with hepatosplenomegaly with pancytopenia. On microscopic examination of bone marrow cells, crumpled tissue paper appearance is seen. Which is the product likely to have accumulated?

A
Glucocerebroside
B
Sphingomyelin
C
Sulfatide
D
Ganglioside
High-Yield Explanation
Crumpled tissue paper appearance of cytoplasm + organomegaly and pancytopenia suggests storage disorder Lysosomal storage of glucocerebroside (Gaucher disease) in cells of the monocyte-macrophage system leads to a characteristic cellular alteration of these cells Gaucher cells- present in the bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes, hepatic sinusoids, and other organs and tissues in all forms of GD.

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