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Unusual Manifestations of a Rare Clinical Entity: Erdheim-Chester Disease

dc.contributor.authorMartins, N
dc.contributor.authorAchega, M
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, A
dc.contributor.authorAldomiro, F
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-14T15:40:23Z
dc.date.available2020-07-14T15:40:23Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractA 69-year-old woman presented with sudden left hemiparesis. Computed tomography (CT) scan excluded acute brain injuries. Patient was admitted with acute ischemic stroke of right hemisphere. There was full recovery within 24 hours and etiologic studies were normal. There was a concomitant history of ingestion of 6 litres of water per day over the previous 2 years. Water deprivation test followed by the administration of desmopressin confirmed central diabetes insipidus diagnosis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was normal. Full body CT scan showed arterial wall thickening suggestive of large and medium vessels vasculitis, retroperitoneal fibrosis, perinephric infiltration, pleural and pericardial thickening and diffuse densification of greater omentum. Angio-MRI showed occlusive micro-arterial injuries. Laparoscopic biopsy of greater omentum revealed multinucleated giant Touton CD68+, CD1A- cells. This finding is pathognomonic of Erdheim-Chester Disease, a rare non-Langerhans histiocytosis.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationMed Interna. 2019; 26(2): 120-123pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.24950/rspmi/CC/224/18/2/2019pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0872-671X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/2480
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Internapt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.spmi.pt/revista/vol26/vol26_n2_2019_120_123.pdfpt_PT
dc.subjectErdheim-Chester Diseasept_PT
dc.titleUnusual Manifestations of a Rare Clinical Entity: Erdheim-Chester Diseasept_PT
dc.title.alternativeManifestação Incomum de uma Entidade Rara: Doença de Erdheim-Chesterpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLisboapt_PT
oaire.citation.titleMedicina Internapt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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