IgG4-related disease with multiorgan involvement: a case-based review. 2021

Nikhil N Tarte, and Chandana Shilpa Ravipati, and Jose A Leon de la Rocha, and Elizabeth Rinker, and Nirupa J Patel
Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. ntarte2@uic.edu.

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated multi-organ inflammatory disorder caused by tissue infiltration of lymphocytes with IgG4-secreting plasma cells. Herein, we discuss a case of a patient with IgG4-RD who had involvement of multiple organs: the kidneys, lymph nodes, bone marrow (biopsy performed), lungs, liver, and small intestine (imaging abnormalities). Although several case reports and series of IgG4-RD involving different organ involvement are in the literature, our patient has extensive simultaneous multi-organ involvement. We utilized the four domains (serologic, pathologic, radiologic, and pathologic) as discussed in the new 2019 ACR/EULAR classification criteria to provide a useful framework in considering an alternative tool for IgG4-RD in multi-organ involvement, where biopsy is more invasive and not always accessible. We highlight the findings of each organ involved that increase the likelihood that the patient has IgG4-RD. In our patient, the IgG4-RD classification criteria was fulfilled with total points adding up to 48. Our case meets the classification criteria for IgG4-RD, since at least one organ is involved to meet entry criteria (biopsy proven), no exclusion criteria are present, and the total points are ≥ 20. When such extensive involvement of IgG4-RD occurs, early diagnosis and treatment are recommended to avoid irreversible organ damage and better outcomes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077733 Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease A spectrum of systemic autoimmune diseases in which IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 plays a pathophysiologic role. It can affect multiple organs in highly variable presentations, characterized by inflammatory lesions composed of IgG4-positive PLASMA CELLS, further infiltrated by T helper cells (T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER) when linked to progressive FIBROSIS and eventual organ damage. IgG4-Related Kidney Disease,IgG4-Related Sclerosing Disease,Immunoglobulin G4-Related Kidney Disease,Immunoglobulin G4-Related Sclerosing Disease,IgG4 Related Systemic Disease,IgG4-Associated Autoimmune Disease,IgG4-RD,IgG4-Related Disease,Autoimmune Disease, IgG4-Associated,IgG4 Associated Autoimmune Disease,IgG4 Related Disease,IgG4 Related Kidney Disease,IgG4 Related Sclerosing Disease,IgG4-Associated Autoimmune Diseases,IgG4-Related Diseases,IgG4-Related Kidney Diseases,IgG4-Related Sclerosing Diseases,Immunoglobulin G4 Related Disease,Immunoglobulin G4 Related Kidney Disease,Immunoglobulin G4 Related Sclerosing Disease,Immunoglobulin G4-Related Diseases,Kidney Disease, IgG4-Related,Sclerosing Disease, IgG4-Related
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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