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Erdheim-Chester disease is a rare, distinctive lipoidosis characterised by deposition of cholesterol-laden foam cells in the bone marrow associated with a granulomatous reaction affecting the lungs, pericardium, heart and retroperitoneum. A case of Erdheim-Chester disease is presented, with typical skeletal involvement (i. e. diffuse sclerosis of the diaphyses and metaphyses of the long tubular bones) and atypical features including thrombocythemia and renal involvement which was documented on computed tomography. Other features of the reported case include gonadttrophin insufficiency and diabetes insipidus.
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Bellin, M.F., Cacoub, P., Wechsler, J. et al. Erdheim-Chester disease associated with renal involvement and thrombocythemia. Eur. Radiol. 3, 266–269 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425909
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