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[Erdheim-Chester disease with cardiac involvement. Case report].

V D LatyshevElena A MershinaI E KostinaValentin E SinitsynElena A Lukina
Published in: Terapevticheskii arkhiv (2022)
ErdheimChester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans histiocytosis with multisystem inflammatory infiltrates consistent of monocytes/macrophages, reactive microenvironment and fibrotic fields. Cardiovascular involvement is one of the most frequent manifestations of ECD that can lead to life threating complications. In this article we are reporting a clinical case of ECD with cardiac involvement in a young patient.
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