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Erdheim-Chester Disease: MR Imaging, Anatomic, and Histopathologic Correlation of Orbital Involvement

Marcelo R. de Abreua, Christine B. Chungb, Sandip Biswalb, Parvis Haghighib, John Hesselinkb and Donald Resnickb

a Department of Radiology, Hospital Mae de Deus e Mae de Deus Center, Porto Alegre, Brazil
b Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, and Veterans’ Administration Health Care System, La Jolla, CA



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  		FIG 1. Images acquired 3 months before patient died.

A, Axial T1-weighted image (TR/TE, 600/14; field of view [FOV], 14; section thickness, 3 mm skip 1 mm) demonstrating bilateral low-signal-intensity lesions in the intraconal (black arrowhead) and extraconal (white arrowhead) spaces, and anterior to the orbital septum (white arrow).

B, Axial T2-weighted image (TR/TE, 3200/100; FOV, 14; section thickness, 3 mm skip 1 mm) showing similar low-signal-intensity lesions in the intraconal space (black arrowheads) and anterior to the orbital septum (white arrow).

C, Coronal T1-weighted image (TR/TE, 600/14; FOV, –14; section thickness, 3 mm skip 1 mm) confirming low-signal-intensity lesions in the intraconal space (black arrowhead) and involvement of the lacrimal gland (white arrows).



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  		FIG 2. Coronal T1-weighted image of the elbow demonstrating the replacement of normal bone marrow by low-signal-intensity, diffuse lesions (white arrows) in the humerus, radius, and ulna. High-signal-intensity, normal fatty marrow is spared in portions of the epiphysis of those bones (white arrowheads).



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  		FIG 3. Postmortem correlation with MR imaging, cadaveric sections, and histology.

A, Axial T1-weighted MR imaging (TR/TE, 600/20; FOV, 10; matrix, 256 x 196; section thickness, 3 mm skip 1 mm) showing low-signal-intensity lesions of the right orbit in the intraconal space (black arrowhead). The normal retro-orbital fat is replaced by abnormal diseased tissue and the optic nerve is encased (white arrowhead). The extraocular muscles do not show any apparent alteration.

B, Cadaveric section showing the infiltrative disease (black arrowhead) at locations corresponding to the locations found with MR imaging. F+, retro-orbital fat; ON, optic nerve.

C, Macropathology demonstrating abnormal replacement of the retro-orbital fat by a dense fibrous material and conglomerates of lipid-laden macrophages (black arrow), which encase the optic nerve (black arrowhead). Hematoxylin and eosin preparation.

D, Histology with high magnification (magnification x200) showing involvement of the muscular interstitial space by attenuated fibrous material (black arrowhead).

E, Histology with high magnification (magnification x100) demonstrating the characteristic lipid-laden macrophages of ECD (open arrow).





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