Thoracic, abdominal and musculoskeletal involvement in Erdheim-Chester disease: CT, MR and PET imaging findings.

BACKGROUND: Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis with characteristic radiological and histological features. This entity is defined by a mononuclear infiltrate consisting of lipid-laden, foamy histiocytes that stain positively for CD68 and negatively for CD1a. O...

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Main Author: Antunes, C (author)
Other Authors: Graça, B (author), Donato, P (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1739
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:rihuc.huc.min-saude.pt:10400.4/1739