Unique case of orbital 'progressive transformation of the germinal centre'-type immunoglobulin-G4 disease with a heralding lesion in the inguinal lymph nodes

Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2016 Jan-Feb;44(1):65-7. doi: 10.1111/ceo.12572. Epub 2015 Jul 27.

Authors

Rajan S Patheja¹, Mahendra Singh¹, James A Bennett¹, Timothy J Sullivan¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

PMID: 26146857
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12572

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Germinal Center / pathology*
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood*
Inguinal Canal / pathology*
Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / blood
Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / diagnosis*
Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / drug therapy
Lymph Nodes / pathology*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Orbital Diseases / blood
Orbital Diseases / diagnosis*
Orbital Diseases / drug therapy
Prednisone / therapeutic use
Pseudolymphoma / blood
Pseudolymphoma / diagnosis*
Pseudolymphoma / drug therapy

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Immunoglobulin G
Prednisone