1. Urologic manifestations of IgG4-related disease
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Rubén Gutiérrez Rosales, D. Vanacore, Benjamin Enrique Montaño Roca, Guillermo Enrique Ruvalcaba Oceguera, Romain Boissier, Gustavo Gallegos Sánchez, Marco Antonio Aragón Castro, and César Eduardo Rosales Velázquez
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Urology ,fungi ,030232 urology & nephrology ,Inflammation ,Disease ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,Pathophysiology ,Tissue infiltration ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lymphoplasmacytic Infiltrate ,Lower urinary tract symptoms ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,IgG4-related disease ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Autoimmune pancreatitis - Abstract
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a clinical entity characterized by elevated serum IgG4 and tumor-like inflammation, with tissue infiltration by IgG4 and plasma cells. IgG4-RD is rare, but clinically significant, and its urologic manifestations have been reported in the literature. The present review covers a broad spectrum, describing the pathologies related to the area of urology. In 2003, Terumi Kamisawa was the first to recognize IgG4-RD, characterized by multiorgan lesions in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis and classified as an inflammatory and fibrotic entity with a dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, positive for IgG4.(1–3) It presents in middle-aged patients, between 59-68 years of age, with no clear distribution by sex, (4–6) and has different clinical presentations. The main urologic manifestations are inflammatory pseudotumors and lower urinary tract symptoms. The present article offers a clear, general overview of the disease, encompassing its pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment, from the perspective of urology.
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- 2020
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