Sunday, October 30, 2016

IgG-4 related disease overview


Here is an overview from Disease of the Month. IgG-4 diseases include one of the two types of autoimmune pancreatitis and several other conditions:

Immunoglobulin G4-related disease is a rare but increasingly recognized multisystem entity characterized by lymphoplasmacytic tissue infiltration...Related manifestations of this disease include Reidel’s thyroiditis, chronic sclerosing dacryoadenitis, autoimmune pancreatitis (type 1 AIP), retroperitoneal fibrosis, and tubulointerstitial nephritis. Usually occurring in older men, the diagnosis is primarily based upon finding of histopahtologic changes..

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