See Also: Velpeau's fossa(medicine)
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type 2 glycogenosis (medicine) and Velpeau's fossa (medicine)


type 2 glycogenosis (medicine)


type 2 glycogenosis
Glycogenosis due to lysosomal alpha-1,4-glucosidase deficiency, resulting in accumulation of excessive amounts of glycogen of normal chemical structure in heart, muscle, liver, and nervous system.

Synonym: generalised glycogenosis, Pompe's disease.


Velpeau's fossa (medicine)


Velpeau's fossa -->
ischiorectal fossa


A wedge-shaped space with its base toward the perineum and lying between the tuberosity of the ischium and the obturator internus muscle laterally and the external anal sphincter and the levator ani muscle medially.

Synonym: fossa ischiorectalis, ischioanal fossa, Velpeau's fossa.