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Everolimus in Erdheim-Chester disease

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2013
A 43-year-old man presented with bony pains, repeated pathological fractures with overlying skin ulcerations, and forearm and chest wall swellings. Investigations led to the diagnosis of Erdheim-Chester disease. Treatment with low-dose prednisolone, oral
Mohamed A. Hussein, Ali El-Hindawi, Gaafar Ragab   +2 more
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Radiological findings in Erdheim Chester disease: A very rare multisistemic disease

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Erdheim-Chester disease is an uncommon non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis affecting multiple systems. There is limited knowledge on the imaging capabilities of this disease. We present an extremely rare case of Erdheim-Chester illness in a 67-year-old man
Marcello Chiocchi, MD, PhD, Alessandra Luciano, MD, Vincenzo De Stasio, MD, Luca Pugliese, MD, Carlo Di Donna, MD, Martina Cerocchi, MD, Paola Gigliotti, MD, Alessandro Carini, MD, Flavia Chirico, MD, Riccardo Camedda, MD, Daniele Di Biagio, PhD, Paolo Francesco Sbordone, MD, Francesco Garaci, PhD, Roberto Floris, MD, PhD   +13 more
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Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease (Erdheim-Chester disease): A Case Report [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2012
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) was first reported by J. Erdheim and W. Chester, in 1930. There are less than 250 reported cases till date. We report a case of ECD in a 16- year-old Malay male, who initially presented with elusive anemic symptoms with more
Koh TW, M Fadli, SL Vijaya Kumar, Ashutosh S Rao   +3 more
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Multisystem Radiologic Manifestations of Erdheim-Chester Disease [PDF]

Case Reports in Radiology, 2016
Erdheim-Chester Disease is a rare form of multiorgan non-Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis that affects individuals between the ages of 50 and 70 with an equal distribution among males and females.
Umairullah Lodhi, Uzair Sarmast, Saadullah Khan, Kavitha Yaddanapudi   +3 more
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Erdheim-Chester Disease and Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Collision Tumour Presenting as a Perirenal Mass

Case Reports in Pathology, 2020
Background. Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare histiocytic neoplasm associated with MAPK pathway mutations. Disease manifestation is variable often involving many different organs, mainly bone, retroperitoneum, the heart, and the central nervous system ...
Antonio Maietta, Maryam Razmpoosh
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Pericardiectomy and Mechanical Mitro-Aortic Valve Replacement in a Young Patient With Erdheim-Chester Disease [PDF]

Texas Heart Institute Journal
Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare histiocytosis that primarily affects the skeletal system, but cardiovascular manifestations occur in 75% of cases and are associated with a poor prognosis. Given the small number of cases, the evolution and management of
Nerea Lopez Perez, MBBS, Mathieu van Steenberghe, MD, PhD, Jörg D. Seebach, MD, Philippe Meyer, MD, Johannes Alexander Lobrinus, MD, Christoph Huber, MD, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, MD, PhD   +6 more
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Erdheim-Chester disease [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2005
Dr Lee and his colleagues (April 2005 JRSM1) describe a case of renal failure in which the radiographic appearance of bone pointed to Erdheim–Chester disease, a histiocytosis. Among the organs affected in this condition they mention pericardium. We think it important to emphasize the frequency with which heart, pericardium and great vessels are ...
Rhodes, B, Jawad, A S M
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Erdheim-Chester disease, moving away from the orphan diseases: A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2017
With approximately 750 cases reported, Erdheim-Chester disease is an exceedingly rare histiocyte cell disorder. Affected sites typically include long bones, large vessels and central nervous system.
Jessica M. Stempel, Jean G. Bustamante Alvarez, Andres Mora Carpio, Varun Mittal, Claudia Dourado   +4 more
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Unusual manifestation of Erdheim-Chester disease [PDF]

BMC Gastroenterology, 2011
Background Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare multisystem non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis that is characterized histologically by xanthogranulomatous infiltrates and radiologically by symmetrical sclerosis of long bones.
Schlup Martin, Doyle Terence, Pan Antony, Lubcke Ralf, Schultz Michael   +4 more
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Updates on Erdheim-Chester disease

Human Pathology Reports, 2022
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis characterized by multisystemic proliferation of histiocytes in a background of fibrosis and inflammation.
Ismail Elbaz Younes, Austin Ellis, Xiaohui Zhang   +2 more
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