General Internal Medicine

IgG4-Related Disease

Questions discussed in this category

Is there utility in monitoring IgE levels in patients with IgG4-RD?

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How would you manage a patient with highly active ankylosing spondylitis, iritis and Crohn’s, controlled with weekly adalimumab with co-morbid IgG4RD and intolerance of azathioprine due to elevated LFTs?

IgG4 manifestations include autoimmune pancreatitis and periaortic soft tissue mass.

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What is your approach to a patient with IgG4RD with past pulmonary involvement (biopsy proven) managed with steroids alone, now with new hematuria/proteinuria, but stable renal function?

Would you obtain renal biopsy first or treat with additional immunosuppression for suspected renal involvement related to IgG4?

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How would you manage autoimmune pancreatitis in a patient after Whipple's procedure?

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What is your treatment algorithm for management of retroperitoneal fibrosis that does not respond to high-dose glucocorticoids?

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Papers discussed in this category

Ann Rheum Dis, 2020 Jan

The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism classification criteria for IgG4-related disease.

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