An unusual case of Erdheim-Chester disease with features of Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 885-889

  Furmanczyk, Paul S ^a   Bruckner, James D ^a   Gillespy III, Thurman ^b   Rubin, Brian P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic granuloma; Erdheim Chester; Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CREATININE; LIPID; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG PAIN; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RARE DISEASES; TIBIA;

EID: 34548010781     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0302-x     Document Type: Article

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