Erdheim-Chester Disease Involving the Brain and the Heart

Interestingly, irregularly thickened pericardium with effusion was observed by means of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, which also demonstrated fibrosis around the right atrium (C, arrow).

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2014-03, Vol.63 (11), p.1121-1121
Main Authors: Kawashiri, Masa-aki, MD, PhD, Ishibashi-Ueda, Hatsue, MD, PhD, Funada, Akira, MD, PhD, Yoshimuta, Tsuyoshi, MD, PhD, Konno, Tetsuo, MD, PhD, Hayashi, Kenshi, MD, PhD, Yamagishi, Masakazu, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy, Needle
Brain Diseases - diagnosis
Brain Diseases - pathology
Cardiology
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular
Disease Progression
Erdheim-Chester Disease - complications
Erdheim-Chester Disease - diagnosis
Erdheim-Chester Disease - pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart
Heart Failure - etiology
Heart Failure - physiopathology
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Internal Medicine
Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - methods
Medical sciences
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - pathology
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Summary:Interestingly, irregularly thickened pericardium with effusion was observed by means of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, which also demonstrated fibrosis around the right atrium (C, arrow).
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.11.047