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ArticleBMC geriatrics2024

Mikulicz's disease combined with IgG4-related hypophysitis: a case report.

Shu-Fan Zhang, Jing Deng, Jie Xiao, Bi-Hua Wu

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Shu-Fan Zhang *Department of Geriatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, 637000, China.
Jing Deng *Department of Geriatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, 637000, China.
Jie Xiao *Department of Geriatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, 637000, China.
Bi-Hua WuDepartment of Geriatrics, The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, 637000, China. bhua100@163.com.

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Abstract

backgroundIgG4-related diseases are very uncommon, and its diagnosis and treatment are complicated as it encompasses multiple disciplines. CASE PRESENTATION: A 77-year-old woman was admitted with a jaw mass and nausea and vomiting. Laboratory tests showed elevated serum IgG4, pituitary MRI suggested thickening of the pituitary stalk, and head and neck CT suggested orbital and mandibular masses. Patients with mandibular mass were diagnosed with Mikulicz's disease with IgG4-related hypophysitis. We found no other evidence of causing thickening of the pituitary stalk. She was given oral prednisolone 30 mg daily, and her nausea and vomiting improved significantly, and the mandibular and ocular masses decreased in size.

conclusionMikulicz's disease combined with IgG4-related hypophysitis is a rare case of IgG4-RD in elderly women. IgG4-RD is one of the causes of head and neck exocrine gland mass and pituitary stalk thickening in the elderly.

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Autoimmune HypophysitisImmunoglobulin G4-Related DiseaseMikulicz' DiseaseAgedFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GMagnetic Resonance ImagingPrednisoloneImmunoglobulin GPrednisoloneCase reportIgG4-related diseaseIgG4-related hypophysitisMikulicz’s diseasePituitary stalk

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