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.

Aspiration pneumonia

Pneumonia due to the aspiration (breathing in) of food, liquid, or gastric contents into the upper respiratory tract.

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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.
	After surgery, the patient developed a convulsion due to Hunter syndrome and subsequent aspiration pneumonia; however, he recovered with medical treatments administered in cooperation with specialists and was discharged on postoperative day 9.