ArticleBMJ case reports2017
IgG4-related disease presenting as posterior scleritis and vitritis, progressing to multifocal orbital involvement.
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- IgG4-related orbital disease - An update.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2026Review
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- IgG4-related ophthalmic disease presenting as posterior scleritis in a pediatric patient.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2025Article
- Alterations in choroidal circulatory dynamics and choroidal thickness before and after treatment in posterior scleritis.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- A Case of Immunoglobulin G4-Related Scleritis and Pneumonia Initially Diagnosed as Eosinophilic Pneumonia.Cureus · 2022Article
- A clinicopathological study on IgG4-related ophthalmic disease.International journal of ophthalmology · 2018Article
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Abstract
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a rare, chronic inflammatory condition that may involve nearly every organ system. Originally identified as a cause of autoimmune pancreatitis, its characteristic histological and clinical features have been found in a wide variety of inflammatory presentations, including the eye and orbit. Here we describe an example of a case of IgG4-RD initially presenting as scleritis and vitritis, with further progression to multifocal bilateral orbital involvement. Tissue biopsy of an orbital mass was highly characteristic of IgG4-RD histology and a rapid clinical response to corticosteroids was observed. This case highlights IgG4-RD as a rare cause of intraocular inflammation that may progress to involve the orbit.
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