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Erdheim-Chester Disease*

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Erdheim-Chester Disease

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Erdheim-Chester Disease

Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) is a rare form of non Langerhans' cell histiocytosis. The etiology of ECD is unknown yet. The disease is characterized by the infiltration of lipid-laden histiocytes with foamy to bones and various organs. The heterogeneous manifestations of ECD vary among different individuals. This results in a presentation that may vary from an indolent focal disease to a life threatening organ failure. This review focuses on the etiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria and treatment of Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD).
Erdheim-Chester Disease ; Humans

Child ; Erdheim-Chester Disease ; Female ; Humans

Humans ; Erdheim-Chester Disease/genetics* ; Pedigree ; Mutation

ECD is a rare, non-Langerhans form of histiocytosis. The first case was reported in 1930 by Chester and the term ECD was first described by Jaffe in 1972. Many authors have suggested that ECD is a part of the spectrum of Langerhans cell histiocytosis(LCH), whereas others believe ECD as a distinct lipoidosis because of the symmetric distribution of the long bone lesions on the roentgenogram and the lack of Langerhans granules and S-100 antibody staining in the foamy histiocytes. We experienced a case of Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) with periodic night fever, myalgia and both knee pain, the first case reported in Korea.
Erdheim-Chester Disease* ; Fever* ; Histiocytes ; Histiocytosis ; Knee* ; Korea ; Lipidoses ; Myalgia

Humans ; Erdheim-Chester Disease/diagnostic imaging* ; Diagnostic Imaging

Coronary Disease ; complications ; Erdheim-Chester Disease ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged

Erdheim Chester disease (ECD) is very rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) which occurs in the skeletal system and multiple organs. As it is progressive, sometimes it causes fatal results. However, it is often misdiagnosed as LCH or multiple bone metastasis and, thus, is very difficult to diagnose. In Korea, only 10 cases were first reported in 1999. In particular, there have been a few orthopedic approaches or reports in English-speaking literatures, and no report has been issued in Korea. The authors performed bone biopsy in patients with knee and lower extremity pain who were referred for the integrated treatment. We attempts to report this diagnosis experience with literature review.
Biopsy ; Erdheim-Chester Disease ; Histiocytosis ; Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell ; Humans ; Knee ; Korea ; Lower Extremity ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Orthopedics