Erdheim-Chester disease

Meaning

Proper Noun

polyostotic sclerosing histiocytosis, a rare disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of histiocytes.

Origin

The first case was reported by the American pathologist William Chester in 1930, during his visit to the Austrian pathologist Jakob Erdheim in Vienna.

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