IgG4-related disease presenting as hypertrophic pachymeningitis and compressive optic neuropathy

Joint Bone Spine. 2016 Oct;83(5):601-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2015.07.016. Epub 2016 Apr 7.

Authors

Gyuhwan Hwang¹, So-Young Jin², Hyun-Sook Kim³

Affiliations

¹ Department of internal medicine, the Soonchunhyang university Seoul hospital, 59, Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, 140-743 Seoul, Republic of Korea.
² Department of pathology, the Soonchunhyang university Seoul hospital, 59, Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, 140-743 Seoul, Republic of Korea.
³ Department of internal medicine, the Soonchunhyang university Seoul hospital, 59, Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, 140-743 Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: healthyra@schmc.ac.kr.

PMID: 27068616
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2015.07.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Hypertrophic pachymeningitis; IgG4-related disease; IgG4-related ophthalmic disease.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Arthrogryposis / diagnosis*
Arthrogryposis / immunology
Arthrogryposis / pathology
Arthrogryposis / therapy
Autoimmune Diseases / diagnosis*
Autoimmune Diseases / immunology
Autoimmune Diseases / pathology
Autoimmune Diseases / therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / diagnosis*
Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / immunology
Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / pathology
Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / therapy
Humans
Hypertrophy
Immunoglobulin G / immunology
Male
Meningitis / diagnosis*
Meningitis / immunology
Meningitis / pathology
Meningitis / therapy
Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
Optic Nerve Diseases / immunology
Optic Nerve Diseases / pathology
Optic Nerve Diseases / therapy

Substances

Immunoglobulin G

Supplementary concepts

Tomaculous neuropathy