Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a non-Langerhans histiocytic that typically affects middle-aged adults between the fifth and seventh decades of life. It is characterized by systemic xanthogranulomatous infiltration by histiocytes CD68+/CD1a-. In this paper, we collect the main clinical characteristics of eleven patients, diagnosed with ECD at the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in Seville. After first medical contact, it has been possible to reduce the misdiagnoses and this has shortened the time to diagnosis and initiation of treatment, which has resulted in fewer complications.
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