Erdheim-Chester disease with rare radiological features in a 14-year old girl with pre-B Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and Diabetes Mellitus

J Radiol Case Rep. 2014 Aug 31;8(8):7-15. doi: 10.3941/jrcr.v8i8.1899. eCollection 2014 Aug.

Abstract

We report a case of a 14 year-old girl with Diabetes Mellitus who was in remission with pre-B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and subsequently diagnosed with Erdheim-Chester disease. Erdheim-Chester disease is a non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis and is very rare in children. In addition, the radiological features of the lesions are atypical and have not been reported in children. There is no known association between the three conditions and this is the first reported case in the literature. A literature review of Erdheim-Chester disease will be performed.

Keywords: Erdheim-Chester disease; Interferon alpha; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Touton type giant cells; osteolytic lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Arm Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology
  • Diabetes Complications*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease / complications*
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leg Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed