Erdheim-Chester

  • Adults in 5th-7th decade
  • Skin involvement 20%, clinically similar to xanthelasma and eruptive xanthoma
    • Pathology similar to JXG
    • BRAF mutation common
  • Skeletal, cardiac, lung, CNS involvement
  • Most common presentation is bone pain
    • Osteosclerotic lesions in long bones
  • IFN alpha first-line treatment
  • Mortality >30%