Neuroradiologic aspects of Chester-Erdheim disease

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1995 Apr;16(4):735-40.

Abstract

In three cases of histologically proved Chester-Erdheim disease there was a large anterior epidural lesion from C-3 to L-2 in one patient; dural masses and orbital infiltration in a second patient; and dural, choroid plexus, retroorbital, and hypophyseal lesions in a third patient. Diabetes insipidus, exophthalmia, long bone lesions, and retroperitoneal infiltration were present.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Brain Diseases / etiology
  • Brain Diseases / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Granuloma / diagnosis*
  • Granuloma / etiology
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Histiocytosis / diagnosis*
  • Histiocytosis / etiology
  • Histiocytosis / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelography
  • Occupational Diseases / diagnosis
  • Occupational Diseases / etiology
  • Occupational Diseases / pathology
  • Osteosclerosis / diagnosis*
  • Osteosclerosis / etiology
  • Osteosclerosis / pathology
  • Risk Factors
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / pathology
  • Syndrome
  • Textile Industry
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Xanthomatosis / diagnosis*
  • Xanthomatosis / etiology
  • Xanthomatosis / pathology