Erdheim-Chester Disease and Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Case of Overlap Syndrome

Oncologist. 2021 Feb;26(2):e345-e346. doi: 10.1002/onco.13579. Epub 2020 Nov 17.

Abstract

Only 500 cases of Erdheim‐Chester disease have been reported in the literature to date. To increase awareness of this rare disease, this letter to the editor describes the unusual case of a woman who was diagnosed with mixed histiocytosis: Erdheim‐Chester disease and Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Autoimmune Diseases*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease* / complications
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease* / diagnosis
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease* / genetics
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell* / complications
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell* / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Syndrome