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Successful rituximab treatment in IgG4-related coronary periarteritis: a case-based review.
Rheumatol Int
December 2024
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated disorder characterized by elevated serum IgG4 levels and the enlargement and fibrosis of organs. As a rare manifestation, coronary arteries can be affected by IgG4-RD as coronary periarteritis, leading to serious complications such as stenosis or aneurysm. Although coronary periarteritis poses a life-threatening condition, optimal treatment strategies remain unclear due to its extreme rarity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPresented case study deals with the sudden death of a 47 years old male, shortly after a mountain bike race after reported nausea and chest pain followed by loss of consciousness and resuscitation. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was unsuccessful. An autopsy was enacted due to the sudden death in a seemingly healthy person.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoronary periarteritis and pericarditis are rare but distinct manifestations of heart involvement in IgG4-related disease: a retrospective cohort study.
Orphanet J Rare Dis
July 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases Key Laboratory of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China.
Article Synopsis
- The heart can be affected by a disease called IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), which is rare but important to study.
- In a study of 42 patients, researchers looked at the heart problems caused by this disease and how well treatments worked.
- Most patients responded well to treatments like glucocorticoids, but some had relapses, showing that careful monitoring is needed even after treatment.
IgG4-related periarteritis in the superficial temporal artery, clinically mimicking giant cell arthritis.
Eur J Dermatol
April 2024
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
Accumulation of Technetium-99m Tetrofosmin on Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in a Patient With Immunoglobulin G4-Related Coronary Periarteritis.
Can J Cardiol
March 2024
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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