Inborn Errors of Metabolism Affecting Connective Tissue

Inborn Errors of Metabolism Affecting Connective Tissue

  • 1. Consider homocystinuria in a patient with marfanoid habitus, stiff joints, mental deficiency, and thromboembolic events.
  • 2. Attenuated forms of lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) may present with rheumatic manifestations resembling juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
  • 3. Suspect Fabry disease in a patient with fibromyalgia-like symptoms, acroparesthesias, angiokeratomas, and a paternal history of early-onset renal failure.
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