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To distinguish IgG4-related disease from seronegative granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Authors :
Robert M. Verdijk
A. Faiz Karim
Dion Paridaens
A. Paul Nagtegaal
P. Martin van Hagen
Jan A. M. van Laar
Rakesh Bansie
Internal Medicine
Pathology
Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Immunology
Source :
Rheumatology, 56(12), 2245-2247. Oxford University Press
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

_SIR,_ IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibro-inflammatory disease that can affect almost every organ. Indeed, previous unexplained conditions have now been reclassified as primarily IgG4-RD and may imitate many inflammatory, infectious and malignant disorders often leading to a delay in diagnosis or incorrect diagnosis. Nasal manifestation of IgG4-RD, mostly of the paranasal sinuses, has previously been described in case reports, but it can also manifest as a primary or secondary nasal disease such as chronic sinusitis and paranasal sinusitis with dacryoadenitis. Since IgG4-RD localized in the nasal or orbital region remarkably resembles limited granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), IgG4-RD could be an alternative diagnosis in ANCA negative limited GPA. After revising the diagnosis to IgG4-RD in patient 1, we re-evaluated two other ANCA negative patients from a funded database with similar clinical features and could alter the diagnosis into IgG4-RD. The histomorphological features matching IgG4-RD and absence of evident features of GPA were the reasons for immunohistochemical analysis in these cases leading to the diagnosis of IgG4-RD. [...]

Details

ISSN :
14620324
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Rheumatology, 56(12), 2245-2247. Oxford University Press
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....be72c9b1d20cf8a9056ae72f4e7d3d98