Boala Erdheim – Chester. Caz clinic

Valeriu Cusnir; Stanislav Groppa; Lilia Dumbraveanu; Rodica Mândruţa-Stratan; Valeriu Cusnir; Tavifa Pavlovschi

Erdheim - Chester disease. Clinical case

Authors

Valeriu Cusnir Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8222-5585
Stanislav Groppa IMSP Institutul Oncologic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2120-2408
Lilia Dumbraveanu Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8649-6489
Rodica Mandruta-Stratan Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Valeriu Cusnir IMSP Oncological Institute https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0648-8321
Tavifa Pavlovschi Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Keywords:

Erdheim-Chester disease, histiocytes, histiocytic neoplasm

Abstract

Erdheim–Chester disease (ECD) is an extremely rare disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of a specific type of white blood cells called histiocytes, or tissue macrophages (technically, this disease is termed a non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis). It was declared a histiocytic neoplasm by the World Health Organization in 2016. We presented a clinical case with a patient with Erdheim Chester disease, who was investigated in complex and ophthalmological.