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Erdheim-Chester disease

rare lipidosis

age: 50-70y
long bones invariably affected in the diaphysis and metaphysis with:
- patchy or diffuse increase in density
- coarsened trabecular pattern
- medullary sclerosis
- cortical thickening

Brian Funaki, MD - 6 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013