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ArticleRadiology case reports2025

Multifocal intra-cranial masses: Late presentation of an uncommon histiocytic disorder.

Dylan Purkiss, Dan Xu, Lauren Borecky, Adina Achiriloaie, Kyle Hurth, Alfred Yamamoto, Ravi Raghavan

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Article in Radiology case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Dylan PurkissLoma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson St., Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Dan XuLoma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson St., Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Lauren BoreckyLoma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson St., Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Adina AchiriloaieLoma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson St., Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Kyle HurthUniversity of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1450 San Pablo St. FL 2, Los Angeles, CA 9003, USA.
Alfred YamamotoAffiliated Pathologists Medical Group, UCI Health-Lakewood, 3700 South St., Lakewood, CA 90712, USA.
Ravi RaghavanLoma Linda University Medical Center, 11234 Anderson St., Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a 59-year-old female with headaches and memory loss. Her history includes surgeries for hydronephrosis and a mediastinal mass initially diagnosed as retroperitoneal fibrosis. Imaging performed a few years later revealed multiple bilateral supratentorial masses. Biopsy confirmed Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD), a rare, non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis with multi-system involvement, expression of histiocyte markers CD68 and CD163, and a

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Erdheim ChesterHairy kidneyHistiocyticIntracranial massPseudo-tumor

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PMID40894993
PMCPMC12395973

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