Farber disease: a rare neurodegenerative disorder.

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak

Department of Paediatrics, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur.

Published: January 2009

This is the case report of a two-and-a-half-year old male infant with Farber disease, which is a rare neurodegenerative mucolipidosis. The child presented with regression of milestones, laryngeal involvement and painful joints with swellings around the joints. Neuroimaging findings and the biopsy of the soft tissue swellings helped to reach the diagnosis.

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