Cardiac and pleuropulmonary involvement in Erdheim-Chester disease without bone lesions: A case report

Cardiac and pleuropulmonary involvement in Erdheim-Chester disease without bone lesions: A case report

Erdheim–Chester disease is a rare multisystemic non-Langerhans histiocytosis characterized by histiocytes that stain positive for CD68 and negative for CD1a. Skeletal involvement is reported to be present in up to 96% cases and BRAF mutation in about half of the cases.Here, we report a patient with...

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Main Authors: Rene Epunza Kanza, MD, PhD, Olivier Houle, MS, Pierre-Luc Simard, MD, Jonathan St-Gelais, MD, Catherine Raymond, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Subjects:
Erdheim-Chester disease
Non-Langerhans hystiocytosis
Right atrial mass
BRAF
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043321008414

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