Pancreatic involvement in Erdheim-Chester disease: Rare presentation of a rare disease
oleh: Moezedin Javad Rafiee, MD, Jana Taylor, MD, FRCP, Marc Hickeson, MD, Matthias G. Friedrich, MD, FESC, FACC, Michael Chetrit, MD, FACC
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2023-05-01 |
Deskripsi
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) as a rare non-Langerhans histiocytosis has various clinical manifestations. It is characterized histologically by infiltration of every organ, more commonly bone, retroperitoneum, cardiovascular and CNS systems with foamy, lipid -laden macrophage. Pancreatic involvement as a manifestation of this uncommon disease has very rarely been reported. Here we report a 73-year-old woman with ECD and pancreas involvement in CT, MRI and PET scans. We also aim to increase radiologist knowledge about considering ECD as a differential diagnosis for pancreas mass in the appropriate clinical situation.