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Schipani Bailey, Elke

0000-0002-9669-4638

Mayo Clinic

Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and.

Citations 3

Association of Plasma Neurofilament Light Chain With Diagnostic Classification in a Neuromuscular Referral Cohort

Neurology | July 13, 2026 | Volume: 107 | Issue: 3 | Pages: No page available

10.1212/wnl.0000000000218304 | PMID 42441926

Teaching Video NeuroImage: Inverted Patellar Reflex Localizes the Site of Spinal Epidural Arteriovenous Fistula

Neurology | August 14, 2023 | Volume: 101 | Issue: 17 | Pages: No page available

10.1212/wnl.0000000000207753 | PMID 37580167

Presyncope and Ophthalmoparesis Due to Intracranial Erdheim-Chester Disease

The Neurohospitalist | May 17, 2023 | Volume: 13 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 323-324

10.1177/19418744231168501 | PMID 37441221

Introduction: An 82-year-old female presented to the emergency department with presyncope and was found to be bradycardic with proptosis and ophthalmoparesis. MRI revealed an extra-axial enhancing mass compressing the medulla and bilateral enhancing retro-orbital masses. Case Description: Imaging, including nuclear medicine bone scan, PET CT, and cardiac MRI raised the suspicion for a histiocytic neoplasm. These findings, along with a fibrohistiocytic infiltrate on bone biopsy and a BRAF V600E oncogenic mutation on plasma cell-free DNA confirmed a diagnosis of Erdheim-Chester disease. Discussion: These enhancing masses invoke a broad differential, including a histiocytic or granulomatous process, fungal infection, amyloidosis, IgG4 disease, and lymphoma. Systematic laboratory, radiologic, pathology, and genetic testing yielded a diagnosis of this rare histiocytic disorder with frequent neurologic involvement.