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ArticleBMJ case reports2022

A unique presentation of IgG4 disease with ocular, neurologic and mastoid involvement.

Heena Narotam Jeena, Amir Afrogheh, Joshua West, Freddie van der Colff, Naeem Brey

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heena Narotam JeenaDivision of Neurology, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa heena.narotam.hn@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4102-8483
Amir AfroghehAnatomical Pathology, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Joshua WestOtorhinolaryngology, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Freddie van der ColffOphthalmology, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Naeem BreyDivision of Neurology, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Western Cape Department of Health · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A man in his 20s presented with headache and acute deterioration in visual acuity. He was found to have panuveitis and raised intracranial pressure with papilloedema. MRI and F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography confirmed a subclinical, but active, inflammatory mastoid process. Histology of the mastoid showed immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) cells, plasma cells and storiform fibrosis.This presentation of IgG4 disease has not been previously described.Treatment with high-dose steroids was initiated, followed by long-term immunosuppressive therapy. The patient's symptoms improved, although he remains dependent on azathioprine and low dose oral steroids for symptom control. To date, there has been no progression of the disease.

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Immune System DiseasesImmunoglobulin G4-Related DiseaseHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleMastoidPlasma CellsPositron-Emission TomographyImmunoglobulin GEar, nose and throat/otolaryngologyNeurologyOphthalmologyPathology

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PMID36375856
PMCPMC9664293
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