Author/Authors :
ÖZERDEM, Yasemin Çiğdem Kocaeli University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Neurology, Turkey , MÜEZZİNOĞLU, Bahar Kocaeli University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pathology, Turkey , AKANSEL, Gür Kocaeli University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radiology, Turkey , KANKO, Muhip Kocaeli University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , EFENDİ, Hüsnü Kocaeli University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Neurology, Turkey
Abstract :
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans form of systemic histiocytosis of unknown etiology that progresses with multiple organ involvement. It is characterized by a xanthomatous infiltration showing positive staining with CD68 and negative staining with CD1a in tissues. We report a 62 year-old case complaining of malodor, in the brain magnetic resonance imaging of whom a mass was found at the clivus and leptomeningeal involvement was determined. The accompanying intracardiac mass was excised and the case was diagnosed histopathologically as ECD. We present the unusual clinical symptoms along with histopathologic and radiodiagnostic findings and discuss the differential diagnosis of this rare disease
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Erdheim , Chester disease , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiac involvement , neurological signs
