| wolman disease | <radiology> Rare, familial xanthomatosis, causes death early in infancy, adrenal calcification, diffuse, punctate calcifications throughout, enlarged, normally shaped adrenals, hepatosplenomegaly (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Wolman's disease | See: cholesterol ester storage disease. Compare: cholesterol ester storage disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wolman's xanthomatosis | A rare benign adult form of inherited lysosomal lipid storage disease that is due to deficiency of acid lipase. It results in an accumulation of neutral lipids, particularly cholesterol esters, within cells (particularly leukocytes, fibroblasts, and liver cells). It is an allelic variant of wolman disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Wolman, Moshe | <person> 20th century Israeli neuropathologist, *1914. See: Wolman's disease, Wolman's xanthomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |