IgG4-related disease in patients with newly diagnosed idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a population-based Danish study

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Lomborg ◽  
M Jakobsen ◽  
CS Bode ◽  
P Junker
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-224
Author(s):  
Luke Teo ◽  
Daniel Jenkin ◽  
Shahir Hamdulay ◽  
Rajesh Kavia

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Stone

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) has been observed to affect almost every organ system, with consistent histopathologic findings across systems. IgG4-RD can mimic malignant, infectious, and inflammatory disorders; accordingly, consideration of the histopathologic features of tissue biopsies and rigorous clinicopathologic correlations are essential to avoid misdiagnosis. Since the early 2000s, IgG4-RD has increasingly been recognized as a cause of what was previously referred to as “idiopathic” retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF), and this IgG4-related RPF is now considered to comprise an important subset of IgG4-RD. This review includes an overview of IgG4-RD and discusses the pathology, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations of IgG4. IgG4-related RPF is also discussed in this review, with topics including IgG4-related RPF versus RPF of other causes, the differences between RPF and other subsets of IgG4-RD, and treatment of both IgG4-RD and IgG4-related RPF. Figures show the histopathology features of IgG4-RD, immunostaining of tissue for IgG4, IgG4-related RPF and chronic periaortitis, “Mikulicz disease”, IgG4-RD of the lung, IgG4-related renal disease, and type 1 (IgG4-related) pancreatitis. The table lists conditions known previously by other names that often fall within the spectrum of IgG4-RD. This review contains 7 highly rendered figures, 1 table, and 66 references.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Maria Rossi ◽  
Rossana Rocco ◽  
Eugenia Accorsi Buttini ◽  
Chiara Marvisi ◽  
Augusto Vaglio

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 2050313X2110169
Author(s):  
Kim Rouven Liedtke ◽  
Christoph Käding ◽  
Paula Döring ◽  
Sander Bekeschus ◽  
Anne Susann Glitsch

Several chronic inflammatory diseases have been found to be a subtype of IgG4-related disease, all of which have a typical clinical and histological change, which is based in particular on an overexpression of IgG4 and subsequent fibrosis. At least a part of the retroperitoneal fibrosis, which was originally classified as idiopathic, seems to be assigned to IgG4-related disease. Lymphangiomas are benign, cystic tumors that rarely occur in adults. However, there is no firm association with IgG4-related disease described in the literature to date. This report is about a patient suffering from acute renal failure due to a giant retroperitoneal cyst. Surgical resection remains incomplete in the iliac vessel area due to severe fibrosis and histology revealed features of both lymphangioma and IgG4+ fibrosis. The case description is followed by a brief overview of IgG4-related disease and a consideration of whether lymphangiomas might be assigned to this topic.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 613-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Nikonova ◽  
Khashayar Esfahani ◽  
Guillaume Chausse ◽  
Stephan Probst ◽  
Tina Petrogiannis-Haliotis ◽  
...  

Background: Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis disorder that utilizes the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK pathway. It has a highly variable clinical presentation, where virtually any organ can be involved, thus having the potential of posing a great diagnostic challenge. Over half of the reported cases have the BRAF V600E mutation and have shown a remarkable response to vemurafenib. Case Presentation: We describe herein a patient with a history of stroke-like symptoms and retroperitoneal fibrosis that on initial pathology raised the possibility of IgG4-related disease. However, the patient was refractory to high-dose steroids and progressed further, developing an epicardial soft tissue mass and recurrent neurological symptoms. Integration of the above findings with new information at another hospital about a radiological history of symmetrical lower extremities long bone lesions raised the differential diagnosis of ECD. Molecular analysis of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue of both of the patient’s retroperitoneal biopsies (the second one of which had shown a small focus of foamy histiocytes, CD68+/CD1a–) was positive for BRAF mutation, confirming the diagnosis of ECD. The patient demonstrated a dramatic and sustained metabolic response to vemurafenib on follow-up positron emission tomography scans. Conclusion: This case highlights the need for developing a high index of suspicion for presentations of retroperitoneal fibrosis that could represent IgG4-related disease but fail to respond to steroids. When unusual multisystem involvement occurs, one should consider a diagnosis of a rare histiocytosis. Vemurafenib appears to be an effective treatment for even advanced cases of both ECD and Langerhans histiocytosis bearing the BRAF V600E mutation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Konno ◽  
Yoshihiro Matsuno ◽  
Shingo Ichimiya ◽  
Masaharu Nishimura ◽  
Yoshikazu Kawakami

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