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  • Title: Mucopolysaccharidosis I presenting with endocardial fibroelastosis of infancy.
    Author: Stephan MJ, Stevens EL, Wenstrup RJ, Greenberg CR, Gritter HL, Hodges GF, Guller B.
    Journal: Am J Dis Child; 1989 Jul; 143(7):782-4. PubMed ID: 2500843.
    Abstract:
    We describe two female infants with Hurler syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis I) whose deaths are attributed to cardiac failure with associated, autopsy-confirmed endocardial fibroelastosis. One infant had confirmed alpha-L-iduronidase deficiency in cultured dermal fibroblasts, and the other infant had histologic evidence of tissue mucopolysaccharide accumulation at autopsy and a sibling with confirmed alpha-L-iduronidase deficiency and the Hurler syndrome phenotype. Clear cells ("Hurler" cells) were identified within the myocardium and endocardium of both infants. We propose that the ventricular mural accumulation of mucopolysaccharides induced extensive proliferation of elastic or collagen fibers within the endocardium. Cardiac failure may precede recognition of clinical and roentgenographic features of Hurler syndrome. Our findings and a literature review suggest that certain heritable storage disorders, including mucopolysaccharidosis I, should be considered when infants have clinical electrocardiographic and echocardiographic findings consistent with endocardial fibroelastosis or have autopsy-documented endocardial fibroelastosis.
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