title: FDG PET images in a patient with Erdheim-Chester disease.
abstract: Erdheim-Chester disease is an uncommon non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis, due to excessive production of histiocytes deposited in various organs and tissues in the human body. FDG PET was performed in a 68-year-old man with documented active Erdheim-Chester disease to evaluate the extent of the disease. The patient was previously treated with high-dose subcutaneous Interferon α2b, 1,000,000 units 3 times a week, but treatment was interrupted approximately 5 weeks before evaluation at the National Institutes of Health because of adverse effects of the medication. FDG PET/CT showed lesions were imaged in brain, heart, mediastinum, abdomen, and skeleton.
authors: From the *Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center; †Medical Genetics Branch, Office of the Clinical Director, National Human Genome Research Institute; and ‡Hematology Section, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
authors: Chrissa
authors: C
authors: Sioka
authors: Juvianee
authors: J
authors: Estrada-Veras
authors: Irinia
authors: I
authors: Maric
authors: William A
authors: WA
authors: Gahl
authors: Clara C
authors: CC
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D031249:Erdheim-Chester Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
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