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Review
. 2002 Mar;61(3):199-200.
doi: 10.1136/ard.61.3.199.

Erdheim-Chester disease: typical radiological bone features for a rare xanthogranulomatosis

V Breuil  1 , O Brocq, C Pellegrino, A Grimaud, L Euller-Ziegler
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Erdheim-Chester disease: typical radiological bone features for a rare xanthogranulomatosis

V Breuil et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2002 Mar.
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Skeletal bone radiographs showed bilateral and symmetrical cortical osteosclerosis of the diaphysial and metaphysial regions of the legs, corresponding to the increased uptake in bone scan, but clinically asymptomatic.
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Figure 2
In T1 spin echo weighted sequences the histiocytosis infiltration appeared as metaphyso-diaphysial low signal lesions, corresponding to the osteosclerotic lesions in standard radiographs.
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