Erdheim Chester - a rare disease with unique endoscopic features.

[erdheim-chester disease]

Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD ) is a rare inflammatory syndrome in which systemic infiltration of non-Langerhans cell histiocytes occurs in different sites . Both the etiology and pathophysiology of ECD are unknown , but CD 68 positive CD 1 a /S 100 negative cells are characteristic . The presentation of ECD differs according to the involved organs . This case report describes a patient with ECD and the gastrointestinal manifestations and unique endoscopic appearance as seen in gastroscopy and colonoscopy with histological proof of histiocyte infiltration of the lamina propria . The clinical and endoscopic findings of this unique case , to our knowledge , were never described before , so were the features of the gastrointestinal involvement in this disease .

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "unique endoscopic appearance as seen in gastroscopy and colonoscopy with histological proof of histiocyte infiltration of the lamina propria" symptom

erdheim-chester disease

You can validate or delete this automatically detected symptom