Fulltext

Rare Presentation of a Rare Disease (Erdheim-Chester disease): A Case Report

Koh T 1 , Fadli M 2 , Vijaya Kumar S 1 , Rao AS 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Sungai Petani, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Medicine, Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Sungai Petani, Malaysia
  • 3 Depatment of Orthopaedics, AIMST University, Sungai Petani, Malaysia
Malays Orthop J, 2012 Nov;6(3):69-71.
PMID: 25279065 MyJurnal DOI: 10.5704/MOJ.1207.020

Abstract

Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) was first reported by J. Erdheim and W. Chester, in 1930. There are less than 250 reported cases till date. We report a case of ECD in a 16- year-old Malay male, who initially presented with elusive anemic symptoms with more specific symptoms of bony pain, cardiorespiratory and hepatic involvement evolving as the disease progressed.

* Title and MeSH Headings from MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

MeSH terms
Similar publications