Erdheim-Chester disease history and symptoms

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Symptoms

A review of 59 case studies by Veyssier-Belot, C et al. in 1996 reported the following symptoms in order of frequency of occurrence:

• Bone pain
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis
• Diabetes insipidus
• Exophthalmos
• Xanthomas
• Neurological signs (including Ataxia)
• Dyspnea caused by interlobular septal and pleural thickening