Erdheim Chester disease (ECD): clinical features

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Erdheim Chester disease (ECD): clinical features. Cerebellar ataxia, Cognitive impairment, Bulbar affect, Chorea. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Neurological features

  • Cerebellar ataxia
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Bulbar affect
  • Chorea
  • Compressive myelopathy
  • Peripheral neuropathy (PN)
  • Seizures
  • Intracranial mass lesions
  • Meningitis with hypoglycorrhachia

Ocular features

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Dermatological features

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Endocrine features

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Haematological features

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Otorhinolaryngological features

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Cardiac features

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Other features

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Differential diagnosis

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Predictors of poor prognosis

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Acronym

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References

  1. de la Fuente MI, Rosenblum MK, Diamond EL, Tabar VS, Omuro A. Erdheim-Chester disease among neuroinflammatory syndromes: the case for precision medicine. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2020; pii: e686.
  2. Bhatia A, Hatzoglou V, Ulaner G, et al. Neurologic and oncologic features of Erdheim-Chester disease: a 30-patient series. Neuro Oncol 2020; pii: noaa008 (Epub ahead of print).
  3. Haroche J, Cohen-Aubart F, Amoura Z. Erdheim-Chester disease. Blood 2020; 135:1311-1318.
  4. Goyal G, Heaney ML, Collin M, et al. Erdheim-Chester disease: consensus recommendations for the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment in the molecular era. Blood 2020 (Epub ahead of print).
  5. Boyd LC, O'Brien KJ, Ozkaya N, et al. Neurological manifestations of Erdheim-Chester Disease. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 2020; 7:497-506. 
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