[A rare disease; Erdheim-Chester disease presenting with spontaneous pneumothorax]

Tuberk Toraks. 2019 Sep;67(3):225-230. doi: 10.5578/tt.68541.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans histiocytosis of unknown etiology, it is characterized by organ infiltration of foamy histiocytes. Diagnosis of ECD involves the analysis of histiocytes in tissue biopsies: these are typically CD68+ CD1a-. These characteristic histiocytes may be found in almost any tissue in cases of ECD. We present an interesting case of ECD that was presented by spontaneous pneumothorax and neurological involvement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease / complications
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease / pathology*
  • Histiocytes
  • Humans
  • Pneumothorax / complications
  • Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumothorax / pathology*
  • Rare Diseases