Tubarial gland involvement in IgG4-related diseases. 2022

Kenichi Takano, and Makoto Kurose, and Ryuta Kamekura, and Masatoshi Kanda, and Motohisa Yamamoto, and Hiroki Takahashi
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.

Tubarial glands (TGs) are a collection of unidentified salivary glands overlying the torus tubarius in the nasopharyngeal wall. Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a chronic fibroinflammatory state that often has multiple organ involvement. Involvement of the head and neck, especially the salivary glands, is common in IgG4-RD. This study aimed to elucidate the clinical significance of TGs in IgG4-RD. We investigated the local findings of TGs in ten patients with IgG4-RD. Nasopharyngeal endoscopic examination revealed oedematous swelling of the nasopharyngeal wall surrounding the TGs, which improved after steroid treatment. Moreover, sonotubometry showed a stenotic pattern in three out of seven patients with IgG4-RD. TGs may be involved in IgG4-RD. The swollen TGs may be responsible for obstructive Eustachian tube dysfunction. Further studies are required to clarify the clinical significance and physiological roles of TGs in IgG4-RD.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007074 Immunoglobulin G The major immunoglobulin isotype class in normal human serum. There are several isotype subclasses of IgG, for example, IgG1, IgG2A, and IgG2B. Gamma Globulin, 7S,IgG,IgG Antibody,Allerglobuline,IgG(T),IgG1,IgG2,IgG2A,IgG2B,IgG3,IgG4,Immunoglobulin GT,Polyglobin,7S Gamma Globulin,Antibody, IgG,GT, Immunoglobulin
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
D001327 Autoimmune Diseases Disorders that are characterized by the production of antibodies that react with host tissues or immune effector cells that are autoreactive to endogenous peptides. Autoimmune Disease,Disease, Autoimmune,Diseases, Autoimmune
D012469 Salivary Glands Glands that secrete SALIVA in the MOUTH. There are three pairs of salivary glands (PAROTID GLAND; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND). Gland, Salivary,Glands, Salivary,Salivary Gland
D013256 Steroids A group of polycyclic compounds closely related biochemically to TERPENES. They include cholesterol, numerous hormones, precursors of certain vitamins, bile acids, alcohols (STEROLS), and certain natural drugs and poisons. Steroids have a common nucleus, a fused, reduced 17-carbon atom ring system, cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene. Most steroids also have two methyl groups and an aliphatic side-chain attached to the nucleus. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th ed) Steroid,Catatoxic Steroids,Steroids, Catatoxic

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