Atypical spine involvement of Erdheim-Chester disease in an elderly male: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-260

  Allmendinger, Andrew M ^a   Krauthamer, Alan V ^a   Spektor, Vadim ^a   Aziz, Mohamed S ^a   Zablow, Bruce ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipogranulomatosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Non Langerhans histiocytosis; Osteolytic lesions; Spine

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS BILATERAL TRANSPEDICULAR BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; SPINAL ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77649149247     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.SPINE09316     Document Type: Article

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