Igg4-Related Disease

About this book

• First book on IgG4-related diseaseNumerous, detailed radiological and histopathological imagesAn authoritative and comprehensive book written by experts in the field?

IgG4-related disease is a new systemic disease that has only recently been identified and characterized. However, most clinical practitioners are not yet familiar with it and thus are likely to misdiagnose it. The purpose of this book is to raise awareness of this disease and its diagnostic pitfalls. A wealth of radiological and histopathological images helps clinicians to understand its characteristics in various organs, as well as their clinical and basic medical backgrounds. All of the authors are experts who have published numerous important papers in this field. This book will be useful to physicians in various fields such as Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Urology, Hematology, and Respiratory Medicine, not only as a textbook but as an authoritative and comprehensive reference work as well. ?

Table of contents

Part I. Introduction1. History: autoimmune pancreatitis.2. History: Mikulicz’s disease.3. Comprehensive diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD): The first criteria for IgG4-RD from Japan.4. Serum IgG4-negative autoimmune pancreatitis.Part II. Radiology5. Diagnostic imaging of autoimmune pancreatitis6. IgG4-related biliary lesions7. IgG4-related ophthalmic disease8. Salivary gland lesions in Mikulicz’s disease9. Imaging features of IgG4-related lesions of the lung10. Imaging features of IgG4-related lesions of the kidney and urinary tract11. Imaging features of IgG4-related lesions of periaortitis and periarteritis12. Other organ involvement: Lesions arising from central nervous system and prostate13. Neural lesions of IgG4-related disease14. Mikulicz’s disease and Kuttner’s tumor15. Scintigraphic features of IgG4-related disease16. FDG-PET findings in IgG4-related diseasePart III. Pathology17. Autoimmune pancreatitis18. IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis19. IgG4-related dacryoadenitis and sialadenitis20. IgG4-related lung disease21. Light-microscopic characteristics of IgG4-related kidney disease22. IgG4-related kidney disease: Immunofluorescence and electron microscopic findings23. Retroperitoneal fibrosis, aortitis/periaortitis and other arterial lesions24. IgG4-related lymphadenopathy25. IgG4-related skin lesionsPart IV. Cases26. Two cases of IgG4-related Mikulicz’s disease: 15 years later27. Membranous nephropathy with IgG4-related disease28. IgG4-related disorders and malignancy?