Gaucher's disease in an infant diagnosed by fine needle aspiration of the liver and spleen : a case report

A case of Gaucher's disease diagnosed by means of fine needle aspiration of the liver and spleen in a 12-month-old boy with hepatosplenomegaly is presented. The diagnosis was based on the finding of large, macrophagelike cells with abundant, pale, fibrillary cytoplasm and small nuclei. The patient had no family history of Gaucher's disease, and the diagnosis was not suspected clinically.