Successful treatment with cladribine of Erdheim-Chester disease with orbital and central nervous system involvement developing after treatment of langerhans cell histiocytosis

Successful treatment with cladribine of Erdheim-Chester disease with orbital and central nervous system involvement developing after treatment of langerhans cell histiocytosis

Introduction. Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, systemic form of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the juvenile xantho-granuloma family with characteristic bilateral symmetrical long bone osteosclerosis, associated with xanthogranulomatous extras-keletal organ involvement. In ECD,...

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Main Authors: Perić Predrag, Antić Branislav, Knežević-Ušaj Slavica, Radić-Tasić Olga, Radovinović-Tasić Sanja, Vasić-Vilić Jasenka, Sekulović Leposava, Tarabar Olivera, Tukić Ljiljana, Jovandić Stevo, Magić Zvonko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia 2016-01-01
Series:Vojnosanitetski Pregled
Subjects:
erdheim-chester disease
histiocytosis, non-langerhans cells
orbital pseudotumor
central nervous system
brain stem
cerebellum
proto-oncogene proteins b-raf
cladribine
magnetic resonance imaging
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