| Literature DB >> 16307316 |
Philip Dundee1, David Bouchier-Hayes, Linda Iles, Anthony Costello.
Abstract
Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) is a non-inherited multifocal lipid storing histiocytosis. It is a rare disease characterised by lipid-laden monocyte infiltration of long bones causing cortical sclerosis and characteristic X-ray appearances. It also involves extraskeletal tissue in up to 50% of cases including retroperitoneal and renal infiltration. We report a patient with long standing ECD with widespread extraskeletal involvement, including significant renal infiltration, presenting with left hydronephrosis secondery obstruction from a proximal ureteric calculas.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16307316 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-004-0020-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int Urol Nephrol ISSN: 0301-1623 Impact factor: 2.370