Pericardial effusion as a crucial presentation of Erdheim-Chester disease in a hemodialysis patient: An overlooked diagnosis

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-84

  Chen, Meng Tsai ^a,b   Wang, Shu Ming ^a,b   Lin, Shih Yi ^a,b   Ting, I Wen ^a,b   Liu, Jiung Hsiun ^a,b   Kuo, Huey Liang ^a,b   Huang, Chiu Ching ^a,b  

^a Division of Nephrology and Kidney Institute   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Erdheim Chester disease; Fever; Hemodialysis; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERICARDIAL BIOPSY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BIOPSY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FEVER; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RENAL DIALYSIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84864538312     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CN107041     Document Type: Article

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