Department of Neurology, Santa Lucía University Hospital, Cartagena, Spain.
Department of Internal Medicine, Santa Lucía University Hospital, Cartagena, Spain.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2019 May;30:94-97. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2019.02.008. Epub 2019 Feb 6.
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare form of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis that presents potential impairment of the central nervous system (CNS). Frequent CNS impairment makes ECD a disease worth considering in the differential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS). We report the case of a patient initially diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS with an atypical course who developed ECD during the disease progression. Given the patient's clinical-radiological characteristics, two diagnostic possibilities were proposed: the coexistence of both diseases or a new presentation of ECD mimicking MS. We conducted a literature review, analyzing the various diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities.
额颞叶嗜酸性肉芽肿(ECD)是一种罕见的非朗格汉斯细胞组织细胞增生症,可导致中枢神经系统(CNS)损伤。由于频繁发生中枢神经系统损伤,ECD 在多发性硬化症(MS)的鉴别诊断中值得考虑。我们报告了一例初诊为复发缓解型 MS 且病程不典型的患者,在疾病进展过程中发展为 ECD。鉴于患者的临床-影像学特征,提出了两种诊断可能性:两种疾病同时存在或 ECD 以类似于 MS 的新形式出现。我们进行了文献复习,分析了各种诊断和治疗可能性。