| Literature DB >> 24884481 |
Satoshi Hara1,2, Mitsuhiro Kawano1, Ichiro Mizushima1, Kazunori Yamada1, Kentaro Fujita3, Kenichi Harada4, Masami Matsumura5, Masakazu Yamagishi6, Yasuharu Sato7, Yutaka Yamaguchi8, Yasuni Nakanuma4, Michio Nagata2.
Abstract
We describe a 74-year-old Japanese man with systemic fibroinflammatory conditions closely resembling those of immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Radiology and histology showed characteristics of IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis, despite normal serum IgG4 value and scanty IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration in each organ. This case suggests that a condition closely mimicking IgG4-RD may develop without IgG4-positive plasma cells and those exceptional cases should also be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of IgG4-RD.Entities:
Keywords: IgG4; IgG4-related disease; Tubulointerstitial nephritis
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Year: 2016 PMID: 24884481 DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2014.916836
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mod Rheumatol ISSN: 1439-7595 Impact factor: 3.023