Successful treatment with rituximab of IgG4-related disease coexisting with adult-onset asthma and periocular xanthogranuloma.

Rheumatology International
Ioannis AsproudisParaskevi Vasileios Voulgari

Abstract

Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4RD) is a systemic fibro-inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology, which is characterized by tumefactive lymphoplasmatocytic infiltrative lesions, with a predominance of IgG4 positive plasma cells, fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis. Adult-onset asthma and periocular xanthogranuloma (AAPOX) is a rare disease of unknown aetiology characterized by violaceous or yellow cutaneous papules and nodules usually accompanied with adult-onset asthma. We report a case of IgG4RD associated with AAPOX. We also conducted a literature search with keywords including IgG4RD and AAPOX. A 36-year-old woman presented with bilateral exophthalmos and periorbital oedema. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, painless left parotid gland and submandibular left lymph node enlargement were also noted. Two and half years ago biopsy of yellow plaques of her right lower eyelid confirmed periorbital xanthogranuloma. She underwent parotid gland biopsy which showed IgG4RD. She was treated with steroids and two cycles of rituximab with complete remission. The literature review revealed 8 articles describing 14 cases with IgG4RD and AAPOX, 9 men and 5 women (ratio M:F = 1.8:1) were affected. The age at diagnosis was greater in men co...Continue Reading

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