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Dabrafenib and steroids for the treatment of Erdheim-Chester disease with extensive CNS involvement: a case report.
Personalized medicine - 1 Jan 2024
Yuen Carlen A, Bao Silin, Aung Mya Sandi, Shishodia Rhea, Kong Xiao-Tang
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Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is an exceedingly rare non-Langerhans cell CD68+ CD1a- S100- histiocytic multi-organ disease. Diagnosis of ECD is often delayed due to non-specific radiographic findings and heterogeneous lesional tissue. Increasingly, the role of genomic alterations is being recognized for both diagnosis and treatment of ECD. More than half of ECD patients harbor the BRAFV600E mutation. Evaluation...
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