Cardiovascular Manifestations of Erdheim-Chester's Disease: A Case Series

Abstract

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 aortic infiltration and atrial pseudotumor being the most common forms.

Keywords

• Erdheim-Chester Disease/diagnosis
• Erdheim-Chester Disease/drug therapy
• Erdheim-Chester Disease/pathology
• Biopsy
• Prognosis