title: Erdheim-Chester disease mimicking a primary brain tumor. Case report.
abstract: Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare systemic histiocytic disease. The authors present a case report detailing the presentation and treatment of a 26-year-old man diagnosed with seizures and a well-circumscribed temporoparietal mass that had been demonstrated on imaging studies. Both preoperative and intraoperative diagnoses were consistent with a low-grade astrocytic neoplasm. Subsequent pathological examination indicated a histiocytic proliferation positive for CD68 and factor VIII, and negative for CD1a and S100, with Touton giant cells characteristic of ECD. This case represents the first isolated occurrence of intracranial ECD and its potential to mimic glial neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA. rushinge@afip.osd.mil
authors.forename: Elisabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Rushing
authors.forename: John Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bouffard
authors.forename: Chris J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Neal
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koeller
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozdemirli
authors.forename: Hernando
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mena
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ecklund
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D031249:Erdheim-Chester Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*