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Front Immunol
January 2025
Department of Nephrology, Ningbo No.2 Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Background: Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated fibrous inflammatory disease. Recently, an association between IgG4-RD and tuberculosis (TB) has been reported.
Case Summary: We report a 56-year-old man complaining of a cough and poor appetite for 2 months and oliguria for 1 day.
Reumatismo
January 2025
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome; Unicamillus, Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Rome.
Objective: To assess the adherence to the vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with immunoglobulin-G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and to evaluate the development of local and systemic adverse events (AEs) following vaccination. Additionally, to investigate the rate and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in IgG4-RD patients.
Methods: Patients with IgG4-RD in follow-up before the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic were contacted by telephone and asked to answer an ad hoc questionnaire regarding their vaccination status against SARS-CoV-2 and related AEs following vaccination.
Oxf Med Case Reports
January 2025
Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a rare but increasingly recognised condition that can involve multiple organs, including the kidneys which often presents as tubulointerstitial nephritis. Treatment with glucocorticoids is the first line of therapy, but other options may be needed in refractory cases. This case report explores a 68-year-old female, diagnosed with the patient initially responded to glucocorticoids but had a relapse, leading to progressive renal insufficiency and ultimately death.
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December 2024
Hepatology, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
Chylous ascites occur when the lymphatic flow is blocked or disrupted, causing a leakage of fluid into the peritoneal space. It can be caused by a number of etiologies and identifying the exact cause can be challenging. We present the case of a 77-year-old man who presented with chylous ascites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJpn J Ophthalmol
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, 565-0871, Osaka, Japan.
Purpose: To compare the postoperative outcomes of corticosteroid therapy following biopsy with those following debulking surgery in patients with immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related ophthalmic disease (IgG4-ROD).
Study Design: Retrospective comparative study.
Methods: Fifteen patients diagnosed with IgG4-ROD (5 unilateral, 10 bilateral) were retrospectively analyzed.
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