PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Selvarajah, Johann R AU - Rodrigues, Mary Greta AU - Ali, Sara TI - Histiocytosis for the neurologist: a case of Erdheim–Chester disease AID - 10.1136/practneurol-2012-000266 DP - 2012 Oct 01 TA - Practical Neurology PG - 319--323 VI - 12 IP - 5 4099 - http://pn.bmj.com/content/12/5/319.short 4100 - http://pn.bmj.com/content/12/5/319.full SO - Pract Neurol2012 Oct 01; 12 AB - The histiocytoses are a rare but diverse group of disorders, ranging from localised, self-limiting lesions to disseminated, fulminant, multi-system disease. Some histiocytoses may cause or present with neurological disease and their recognition can be challenging. We illustrate this with a case, followed by a discussion of the clinical characteristics and management of the more common histiocytoses that may present to the neurologist.