Erdheim Chester disease in a patient with Burkitt lymphoma: a case report and review of literature

• Main Authors: Hany I. Sakr (Author), Kaila Buckley (Author), Robert Baiocchi (Author), Weiqiang John Zhao (Author), Jessica A. Hemminger (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Abstract Background Erdheim Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis characterized by widespread tissue infiltration by CD68-positive, CD1a-negative foamy histiocytes. ECD can be difficult to identify, and diagnosis relies on the presence of histiocytes with certain histolo...