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Preferred term

Erdheim-Chester Disease  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A rare form of non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL) with onset in middle age. The systemic disease is characterized by infiltration of lipid-laden macrophages, multinucleated giant cells, an inflammatory infiltrate of lymphocytes and histiocytes in the bone marrow, and a generalized sclerosis of the long bones.

Entry terms

  • Granulomatosis, Lipid

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VH93315W-7

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