IgG4-related inflammatory pseudotumor of the trigeminal nerve: another component of IgG4-related sclerosing disease?

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011 Sep;32(8):E150-2. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A2256. Epub 2010 Sep 23.

Abstract

IgG4-related IPTs have been reported in various sites and may form part of the spectrum of systemic IgG4-related sclerosing disease. Some pseudotumors are clinically and radiologically indistinguishable from malignant tumors. We present the first case of an IgG4-related IPT of the trigeminal nerve diagnosed histopathologically without involvement of any of the common sites. The trigeminal nerve pseudotumor may represent a component of IgG4-related sclerosing disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnosis*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G*
  • Middle Aged
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / diagnosis*
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / immunology
  • Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / immunology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G