Erdheim-Chester disease: A rare cause of paraplegia

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-55

  Çurgunlu, Asli ^a,c   Karter, Yesari ^a   Öztürk, Ayşe ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Taksim State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Erdheim Chester disease; Histiocytosis; Paraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE COURSE; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LANGERHANS CELL; LONG BONE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORBIT TUMOR; PARAPLEGIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOM; VASCULAR TUMOR; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037301539     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-6205(02)00208-X     Document Type: Article

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