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Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade as the Manifestation of Erdheim–Chester Disease
We hereby report the case of a 77-year-old man hospitalized due to pericardial effusion and tamponade. Upon investigating potential etiologies of the pericardial effusion, we diagnosed him with non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, also known as Erdheim ...
María Andreo Galera +6 more
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Indeterminate Cell Histiocytosis in Association with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Indeterminate cell histiocytosis (ICH) is a rare proliferative disorder, in which the predominant cells share morphologic and immunophenotypic features from both Langerhans and non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis. We describe a 62-year-old man presenting a
Filipa Ventura +5 more
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Erdheim-Chester Disease: Utility of 18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography [PDF]
Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) is a rare non Langerhans cell histiocytosis of unknown origin with multiorgan involvement. We report a case of a man who presented to us with haematuria, asthenia, fever, nausea and malleolar oedema.
Angelina Cistaro +4 more
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An unusual Erdheim-Chester disease with orbital involvement: A case report [PDF]
Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis with multiorgan involvement and a specific tropism for perivascular and fatty connective tissue, of unclear origin, with poor response to therapy. Its identification is difficult because
Bencivinni, F. +5 more
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ABSTRACT Purpose Infants with cancer are rare and face unique challenges. Our study aims to describe the incidence of infantile cancers in Canada and to compare treatment‐related mortality (TRM) and their outcomes with those of older children. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Cancer in Young People in Canada database ...
Samuel Sassine +22 more
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Scabies mimicking mastocytosis in two infants
Scabies is a common parasitic human infection in infants and children. However, diagnostic pitfalls are frequent in infants, in whom the clinical presentation is usually atypical and different from that in adults.
Emine Cölgeçen-Özel +3 more
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Erdheim-Chester Disease: a comprehensive review of the literature [PDF]
Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) is a rare form of non Langerhans' cell histiocytosis. Individuals affected by this disease are typically adults between their 5th and 7th decades of life. Males and females are almost equally affected.
Mirra Manevich-Mazor +2 more
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children: a case report and brief review of the literature
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), formerly known as histiocytosis X, is a non-malignant disease involving clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells. It is an orphan disease affecting mainly the child and the young adult.
Zakaria El Ouali +7 more
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Dermoscopy in the diagnosis of juvenile xanthogranuloma [PDF]
: Juvenile xanthogranuloma is the most common form of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis. It manifests clinically as a red-yellow papule, usually showing spontaneous remission. The diagnosis is based on clinical and histological findings.
Thaís Erance de Oliveira +2 more
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Gastrointestinal Langerhans cell histiocytosis responding to cladribine and imatinib mesylate [PDF]
Gastrointestinal involvement in Langerhans cells histiocytosis (LCH) is extremely rare. An optimal treatment regimen is not defined yet and its prognosis is relatively poor.
Agreda Vásquez, Gladys Patricia +4 more
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