ERDHEIM-CHESTER-DISEASE - A RARE ETIOLOGY OF RETRO-OCULAR TUMOR

Citation
P. Chollet et al., ERDHEIM-CHESTER-DISEASE - A RARE ETIOLOGY OF RETRO-OCULAR TUMOR, Journal francais d'ophtalmologie, 17(3), 1994, pp. 200-203
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
ISSN journal
01815512
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
200 - 203
Database
ISI
SICI code
0181-5512(1994)17:3<200:E-AREO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The authors report the case of a 47 year old man who presented with bi lateral retro-ocular tumour and an inflammatory syndrome as the first sign of his disease. Later on, the illness became polyvisceral and bio psies of retro-ocular and retro-peritoneal tissues revealed the diagno sis of Erdheim-Chester disease. The patient died a few months later.