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16496745

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare disorder of unknown cause, characterized by systemic histiocytic infiltration; the long bones of the limbs are usually affected symmetrically, and a direct radiography of the involved skeletal segments is able to show a pattern of typical abnormalities. However, the patient we describe suffered of serious clinical symptoms in the lower limbs, but the direct radiography of the legs did not show any abnormality; this finding seems very remarkable and, to our knowledge, has not been reported previously in the literature. Therefore we discuss the role of the imaging procedures in the diagnosis of Erdheim-Chester disease. Differently from other authors, we did not obtain any clinical improvement in our patient by steroid treatment alone, that is generally considered the first therapeutic option for Erdheim-Chester disease with only skeletal involvement.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0034-1193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
604-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Erdheim-Chester disease: normal skeletal radiography in a patient with extensive bone involvement].
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Università di Verona.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports