Cardiac involvement in Erdheim-Chester disease: a case report
Clin. biomed. res
; 34(4): 406-409, 2014. ilus
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ABSTRACT
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis of unknown etiology characterized by proliferation of lipid-containing foamy histiocytes affecting bones and potentially every organ. There is a wide clinical spectrum of the disease, ranging from asymptomatic bone or soft-tissue lesions to life-threatening systemic involvement. Although the initial descriptions published by Jakob Erdheim and William Chester in 1930 included a patient with right atrial infiltration on autopsy, cardiovascular involvement in ECD has only gained more recognition recently. In the present report, we describe a case with cardiac involvement, presenting with symptomatic heart failure and a cardiac mass assessed with echocardiogram and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
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Ecocardiografia
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Doença de Erdheim-Chester
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Insuficiência Cardíaca
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Female
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Humans
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En
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Clin. biomed. res
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article