title: An isotope-diagnostic approach to Erdheim-Chester's disease of the heart.
abstract: Erdheim-Chester's disease is a form of histiocytic granulomatosis afflicting the skeletal system and various inner organs. Apart from incidental findings of involvement of various structures and tissues, a complete diagnostic workup to evaluate afflicted bodily parts is not known. The authors we present several specific isotope-diagnostic techniques of a case to support the identification of this rare multisystem infiltrative disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Center for Cardiology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. palotas@nepsy.szote.u-szeged.hu
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palotás
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bogáts
authors.forename: Mátá
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lázár
authors.forename: Miklós
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papós
authors.forename: Keyvan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matin
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pávics
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D031249:Erdheim-Chester Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C078700:technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin; C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate