Erdheim-Chester disease: A multisystem disease case illustration with rare manifestations and treatment challenges

Maysam Jridi; Tayssir Ben Achour; Ines Naceur; Monia Smiti; Imed Ben Ghorbel; Mounir Lamloum; Fatma Said; Mohamed Habib Houman

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6996

Erdheim-Chester disease: A multisystem disease case illustration with rare manifestations and treatment challenges

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Feb 24;11(2):e6996. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6996. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Maysam Jridi¹, Tayssir Ben Achour¹, Ines Naceur¹, Monia Smiti¹, Imed Ben Ghorbel¹, Mounir Lamloum¹, Fatma Said¹, Mohamed Habib Houman¹

Affiliation

¹ Rabta University Hospital Center Tunis Tunisia.

Abstract

Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare multisystemic disease. A 50-year-old woman, presented with a recurrent pain and swelling of the left knee. Bone scintigraphy showed increased tracer uptake of peripheral skeleton. The computed tomography showed tissular infiltration in the retroperitoneum, around the vessels. Immunohistochemistry showed CD68 (+) and CD1a (-).

Keywords: Erdheim‐Chester disease; hematology; histiocytosis; oncology.

Publication types

Case Reports