Author(s)

Joseph Skalski, William D. Edwards, Eric L. Matteson

Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester Minnesota, USA.
Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA.
Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA.

Erdheim-Chester disease is an unusual syndrome characterized by non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis which can mimic rheumatologic diseases. We report a case of Erdheim-Chester masquerading as giant cell arteritis, which was success-fully managed with anakinra as anti IL-1 therapy.

Erdheim-Chester Disease; Temporal Arteritis; Giant Cell Arteritis

J. Skalski, W. Edwards and E. Matteson, "Erdheim-Chester Disease with Right Atrial Tumor and “Temporal Arteritis”," Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases, Vol. 2 No. 3, 2012, pp. 37-38. doi: 10.4236/ojra.2012.23008.