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Table 2 Imaging findings of atypical osseous lesions in 21 patients with Erdheim–Chester Disease

From: Atypical skeletal involvement in patients with Erdheim–Chester disease: CT imaging findings

Findings

Spine

Pelvis

Ribs

Clavicles

Sternum

Axial skeleton involved

11 (52)

16 (76)

7 (33)

9 (43)

10 (48)

Distribution

     

 Unilateral

6 (38)

3 (43)

3 (33)

 Bilateral

10 (63)

4 (57)

6 (67)

 Symmetric

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (17)

 Asymmetric

10 (100)

4 (100)

5 (83)

Type

     

 Diffuse type

4 (36)

2 (13)

0 (0)

1 (11)

0 (0)

  Homogeneous

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  Heterogeneous

4 (100)

2 (100)

0 (0)

1 (100)

0 (0)

Focal type

     

  Nodular pattern

8 (73)

9 (56)

1 (14)

6 (67)

10 (100)

  Solitary

2 (25)

1 (11)

0 (0)

3 (50)

5 (50)

  Multiple

6 (75)

8 (89)

1 (100)

3 (50)

5 (50)

 Patchy pattern

6 (55)

11 (69)

6 (86)

4 (44)

0 (0)

  Solitary

0 (0)

5 (45)

2 (33)

4 (100)

0 (0)

  Multiple

6 (100)

6 (55)

4 (67)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Fracture

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Expansion

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (57)

0 (0)

0 (0)