Alharthi Mohsen S, Calleja Anna, Panse Prasad, Appleton Christopher, Jaroszewski Dawn E, Tazelaar Henry D, Mookadam Farouk
Cardiovascular Division, Internal Medicine Department, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010 Aug;11(7):E25. doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq052. Epub 2010 Apr 20.
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a multisystem non-Langerhans form of cell histiocytosis. Histiocytic infiltration leads to xanthogranulomatous infiltrates of multiple organ systems. Erdheim-Chester disease was first reported in 1930, only 320 cases reported in the literature. Cardiac involvement in ECD carries worst prognosis beside the central nervous system. We report the first case with pan-cardiac involvement diagnosed with multimodality imaging.
厄尔德海姆-切斯特病(ECD)是一种多系统非朗格汉斯细胞组织细胞增多症。组织细胞浸润导致多个器官系统出现黄色肉芽肿性浸润。厄尔德海姆-切斯特病于1930年首次报道,文献中仅报告了320例病例。除中枢神经系统外,ECD累及心脏的预后最差。我们报告了首例通过多模态成像诊断为全心受累的病例。