A rare case report on Hurler syndrome with umbilical hernia

Abstract

Hurler syndrome is also known as MPH I. A hereditary sickness of the lysosome is a result of a deficiency in the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase, which breaks down glycosaminoglycans (GAG or mucopolysaccharides). As a result, tissue harm from dermatan sulfate and heparin sulfate worsens over time until death. Umbilical hernias are ventral hernias that arise at or across the umbilicus. This situation of a case report describes the surgical treatment of an umbilical hernia in a 4-year-old pediatric patient, a known case of Hurler syndrome. The patient received treatment for an umbilical hernia, a confirmatory test was performed for Hurler syndrome, and the only patient complaint related to it—corneal clouding—was treated.