confirmed case of Gaucher disease type-1 in an Omani patient

Gaucher Disease is a rare hereditary disorder, with small clusters among some ethnic groups mainly in Eastern Europe. The disease can be found in other parts of the world too. Due to the small number of cases, the non-specific symptoms, and signs, and the difficulty in obtaining confirmatory tests, some sporadic cases might be misdiagnosed, or discovered at later, stages, especially in areas where cases are infrequent, and no family members were previously diagnosed with the condition. Here I report the case of a young Omani female, who has a confirmed diagnosis of Gaucher disease

Hepatitis B virus carrier state, with negative surface antigen serology, and non-detectable viral DNA by polymerase chain reaction

Hepatitis B virus [HBV] infection is found worldwide. Acute HBV commonly infects adults. After the resolution of the symptoms, most immunocompetent adults are able to clear the virus and become immune for life; this is identified serologically by the disappearance of the surface antigen [HBV s Ag] and the appearance of the surface antibody [anti-HBs]. In a small percentage of healthy adults, the disease might become chronic with the persistence of the HBV s Ag for more than 6 months, which might progress in the future to chronic liver disease. Herein is presented a case in which the patient after the acute stage of HBV infection, despite becoming asymptomatic and HBVsAg was no more detectable; he probably progressed to a chronic carrier of the virus