| Literature DB >> 30289267 |
Janice Ahn1, Melina Flanagan1.
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Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis is a rare indolent lesion of the head and neck region that has characteristic histologic findings of onionskin fibrosis and prominent eosinophils. Its pathogenesis has been poorly understood and has been most commonly attributed to hypersensitivity or previous trauma. Recently, the lesion has been included in the spectrum of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease. However, few of the existing cases of eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis have been evaluated for IgG4+ and IgG+ plasma cells. Therefore, we provide an update on the clinical and histologic features of eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis to increase awareness of the entity and encourage its further characterization as an IgG4-related disease.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30289267 DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2017-0223-RS
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Pathol Lab Med ISSN: 0003-9985 Impact factor: 5.534