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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Erdheim-Chester disease and knee pain in a dialysis patient |
| Creators Name: | Rademacher, S., Anagnostopoulos, J., Luft, F.C. and Kettritz, R. |
| Abstract: | Erdheim–Chester disease is a rare inflammatory condition characterized by a non-Langerhans histiocytic infiltration, involving the skeleton, nervous system, viscera, retroperitoneum and elsewhere. The aetiology is unknown. Positron emission tomography shows areas of involvement. We managed a dialysis patient with knee pain; a bone marrow specimen showed typical CD68 positive, but CD1a negative cells. We initiated interferon-α therapy although other options remain open. In our patient, the simultaneous presence of secondary hyperparathyroidism with tumorous calcifications provided an interesting additional differential diagnostic possibility regarding skeletal pain. |
| Keywords: | Calcification, Dialysis, Erdheim-Chester, Histiocytosis |
| Source: | Clinical Kidney Journal |
| ISSN: | 2048-8505 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Page Range: | 402-405 |
| Date: | August 2014 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfu031 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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