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Visualization of orbital involvement of Erdheim-Chester disease on PET/CT.
[erdheim-chester disease]
We
report
a
58
-
year
-old
man
who
presented
with
swelling
and
redness
in
his
left
eye
,
headache
,
and
blurred
vision
.
A
contrast-enhanced
CT
of
the
orbits
revealed
bilateral
orbital
masses
.
Whole-body
PET
/
CT
showed
bilateral
retrobulbar
hypermetabolic
soft
tissue
lesions
,
multiple
areas
of
soft
tissue
involvement
,
and
osseous
lesions
in
bilateral
lower
extremities
.
An
open
surgical
biopsy
of
the
left
orbital
mass
revealed
xanthomatous
non-
Langerhans
histiocytic
infiltrate
with
Touton
giant
cells
,
positive
for
CD
68
but
negative
for
CD
1
a
,
establishing
a
diagnosis
of
Erdheim-
Chester
disease
.