"Erdheim-Chester Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rare form of non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL) with onset in middle age. The systemic disease is characterized by infiltration of lipid-laden macrophages, multinucleated giant cells, an inflammatory infiltrate of lymphocytes and histiocytes in the bone marrow, and a generalized sclerosis of the long bones.
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D031249
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MeSH Number(s) |
C15.604.250.410.224
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2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Erdheim-Chester Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Salama HA, Jazieh AR, Alhejazi AY, Absi A, Alshieban S, Alzahrani M, Alaskar A, Gmati G, Damlaj M, Abuelgasim KA, Alghamdi A, Alahmari B, Almugairi A, Alzahrani H, Bazarbachi A, Musa MOH, Goyal G. Highlights of the Management of Adult Histiocytic Disorders: Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Erdheim-Chester Disease, Rosai-Dorfman Disease, and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2021 01; 21(1):e66-e75.
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Nicolazzi MA, Carnicelli A, Fuorlo M, Favuzzi AMR, Landolfi R. Cardiovascular Involvement in Erdheim-Chester Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Oct; 94(43):e1365.
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Abdellatief A, Mason CM, Ytterberg SR, Boorjian SA, Salom?o DR, Pulido J. Choroidal Involvement in Erdheim-Chester Disease. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2015 Jun; 46(6):674-6.
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Siram AT, Kouvatsos T, Suarez Y, Wohler A, Stelzer P, Strauchen J, Mechanick JI. Postoperative cardiac homograft involvement in Erdheim-Chester disease. J Heart Valve Dis. 2012 May; 21(3):401-4.