A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
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Isabela Bispo Santos da Silva Costa, André Neder Ramires Abdo, Cristina Salvadori Bittar, Silvia Moulin Ribeiro Fonseca, Aline Sabrina Holanda Teixeira Moraes, [...]
Isabela Bispo Santos da Silva Costa, André Neder Ramires Abdo, Cristina Salvadori Bittar, Silvia Moulin Ribeiro Fonseca, Aline Sabrina Holanda Teixeira Moraes, [...]
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20180218
Abstract Erdheim-Chester Disease is a rare entity, classified as an inflammatory myeloid neoplasm, with an unknown incidence, occurring preferentially in men after 50 years of age. Classically, it has a multisystemic presentation, with the skeletal system being the most frequently affected (90% of the patients), followed by genitourinary involvement in 60% of cases and central nervous system in the pituitary and diabetes insipidus in 25% of the cases. Cardiovascular manifestations are present in more than half of the patients, with […]
Keywords: Biopsy; Erdheim-Chester Disease/diagnosis; Erdheim-Chester Disease/drug therapy; Erdheim-Chester Disease/pathology; Prognosis