Erdheim-Chester Disease Presenting with Secondary Hypertension as a Result of Bilateral, Proximal Renal Artery Stenosis: A Case Report

Case Rep Nephrol Dial. 2017 May 23;7(2):55-62. doi: 10.1159/000471760. eCollection 2017 May-Aug.

Abstract

Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting most commonly with bone and central nervous system symptoms, including but not limited to bone pain and diabetes insipidus. We present a known case of ECD, which was referred for secondary hypertension workup and diagnosed with severe, proximal, bilateral renal artery stenosis.

Keywords: Hypertension; Renal artery stenosis.

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