Mucopolysaccharidosis type 2

A lysosomal storage disease with multisystemic involvement leading to a massive accumulation of glycosaminoglycans and a wide variety of symptoms including distinctive coarse facial features, short stature, cardio-respiratory involvement and skeletal abnormalities. It manifests as a continuum varying from a severe form with neurodegeneration to an attenuated form without neuronal involvement.

Inguinal hernia

Protrusion of the contents of the abdominal cavity through the inguinal canal.

Total: 3

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PMID (PMCID)
31152267	OTHER
	Transabdominal preperitoneal repair for an adolescent patient with Hunter syndrome: a case report.
	Tada Y, Yamamoto M, Sunaguchi T, Uejima C, Tanio A, Murakami Y, Takano S, Sakamoto T, Honjo S, Ashida K, Saito H, Fujiwara Y. Surg Case Rep. 2019;5(1):89.
	Patients with Hunter syndrome often develop inguinal hernias in early childhood and undergo Potts' method, laparoscopic percutaneous extraperitoneal closure (LPEC), or laparoscopic direct suture.
31152267	OTHER
	Transabdominal preperitoneal repair for an adolescent patient with Hunter syndrome: a case report.
	Tada Y, Yamamoto M, Sunaguchi T, Uejima C, Tanio A, Murakami Y, Takano S, Sakamoto T, Honjo S, Ashida K, Saito H, Fujiwara Y. Surg Case Rep. 2019;5(1):89.
	This is the first reported patient with Hunter syndrome whose inguinal hernia was treated by TAPP repair.
24908534	MALE
	Mucopolysaccharidosis type II with inguinal hernia.
	Rayamajhi A, Pokharel PJ, Chapagain R, Rayamajhi AK. J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2013;11(25):293-5.
	In a resource poor setting, we report a case of Hunter syndrome, severe subtype, based on global development delay, coarse facies, short stature, hepatosplenomegaly and dysostosis multiplex on X-ray with unusual large congenital inguinal hernia.