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Erdheim-Chester disease.
Current rheumatology reports - 1 Apr 2014
Haroche Julien, Arnaud Laurent, Cohen-Aubart Fleur, Hervier Baptiste, Charlotte Frédéric, Emile Jean-François, Amoura Zahir
Abstract excerpt
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare (approximately 500 known cases worldwide), non-inherited, non-Langerhans form of histiocytosis of unknown origin, first described in 1930. It is characterized by xanthomatous or xanthogranulomatous infiltration of tissues by foamy histiocytes, "lipid-laden" macrophages, or histiocytes, surrounded by fibrosis. Diagnosis of ECD involves the analysis of histiocytes in tissue...
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