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ArticleDiagnostic pathology2023

A case of IgG4-positive ligneous conjunctivitis mistaken for a conjunctival mass.

Jing Li, Rui Liu, Tingting Ren, Hong Zhang, Jianmin Ma

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Article in Diagnostic pathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jing Li *Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, China.
Rui Liu *Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, China.
Tingting RenBeijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, China.
Hong ZhangPathology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, China.
Jianmin MaBeijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100730, China. jmma@sina.com.

Funding

Beijing Hospitals Authority' Ascent Plan DFL20190201Beijing Science and Technology Rising Star Program-Cross-cooperation 20220484218Natural Science Foundation of Beijing 7222025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLigneous conjunctivitis (LC) is a rare inflammatory lesion of the conjunctiva with an unknown etiology. It is easily confused with conjunctiva lymphoma or other diseases in clinical diagnosis, and the lesion is very difficult to treat. CASE PRESENTATION: We presented a 41-year-old female patient presented with bilateral conjunctival masses for more than six months. The patient had no contributory history of ocular trauma, family history of tumor and drug allergy. Taking the patient's clinical and pathological features together, we considered this was a case of IgG4 + LC. Completely surgical resection combined with local glucocorticoid treatment might be effective.

conclusionsThis is a very rare case report of immunoglobulin G4 positive LC with only one published case in literature. The typical manifestations of LC are with the appearance of a hard, fibrin-rich, woody pseudomembranous lesion. A large number of lymphocyte and plasma cell are infiltrated in the pathological tissue. Inflammation of LC may cause immune abnormalities, resulting in IgG4 increasing.

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ConjunctivitisSkin Diseases, GeneticAdultFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GInflammationPlasminogenImmunoglobulin GPlasminogenDiagnosisIgG4-related diseaseLigneous conjunctivitisTreatment

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