Duodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja 2012
[Thirst and extensive bone lesions in a previously basically healthy woman].
Watumiaji waliosajiliwa tu ndio wanaweza kutafsiri nakala
Ingia / Ingia
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Maneno muhimu
Kikemikali
A previously quite healthy 65-year-old woman sought emergency hospital care due to fatigue, weight loss and sensation of thirst appearing over a couple of months. Further analysis revealed a process affecting the neurohypophysis and extensive lytic sclerotic bone lesions. Eventually a rare generalized underlying disease was unraveled: the diagnosis included both Langerhans cell histiocytosis and Erdheim-Chester disease.