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Yang L, Smith RJP, Scolding NJ, Rice CM. IgG4-related disease in the nervous system. Pract Neurol 2024:practneurol-2020-002863. [PMID: 39266448 DOI: 10.1136/pn-2020-002863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/28/2024] [Indexed: 09/14/2024]
Abstract
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a recently described multisystemic disorder with a spectrum of manifestations that continue to be described. Nonetheless, there are recognised distinct patterns of disease. Neurological involvement is rare, particularly in isolation, but IgG4-RD may present with orbital disease, hypophysitis or pachymeningitis. Typically, it is highly responsive to treatment. This review highlights neurological manifestations of IgG4-RD and emphasises the importance of a high index of clinical suspicion to facilitate investigation and appropriate management, avoiding irreversible tissue damage and neurological dysfunction. We present a treatment algorithm for suggested management of IgG4-RD affecting the nervous system.
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- Lu Yang
- Department of Neurology, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
- Clinical Neurosciences, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Clinical Neurosciences, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Department of Neurology, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
- Clinical Neurosciences, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Moura J, Malaquias MJ, Jorge F, Pinto E, Sardoeira A, Laranjinha I, Oliveira V, Sousa AP, Damásio J, Maia L, Vila-Chã N, Samões R, Taipa R, Martins da Silva A, Santos E. Neurological Involvement in a Portuguese Cohort of IgG4-Related Disease. ACTA MEDICA PORT 2024; 37:429-435. [PMID: 38669036 DOI: 10.20344/amp.20767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Neurological involvement in immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is increasingly recognized. Its diagnosis can be challenging due to clinical mimics and difficulty in obtaining nervous system biopsies. The aim of this study was to describe a cohort of neurological IgG4-RD patients. METHODS Patients were recruited from a neuroimmunology tertiary center. Clinical, laboratory, neuroimaging and histological data were reviewed. RESULTS Fifteen patients (60% women), with a median age of 53 years (48.5 - 65.0) were included: 13 (86.7%) classified as possible IgG4-RD, one (6.7%) as probable and one (6.7%) as definitive. The most common neurological phenotypes were meningoencephalitis (26.7%), orbital pseudotumor (13.3%), cranial neuropathies (13.3%), peripheral neuropathy (13.3%), and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LTEM) (13.3%). Median serum IgG4 concentration was 191.5 (145.0 - 212.0) mg/dL. Seven in 14 patients had CSF pleocytosis (50.0%) and oligoclonal bands restricted to the intrathecal compartment, while most cases presented elevated CSF proteins (64.3%). Magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities included white matter lesions in four (26.7%), hypertrophic pachymeningitis in two (13.3%), and LETM in two (13.3%). Two patients had biopsy-proven IgG4-RD in extra-neurological sites. CONCLUSION This study highlights the phenotypical variability of the neurological IgG4-RD. Biopsy inaccessibility reinforces the importance of new criteria for the diagnosis of this subset of patients.
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- João Moura
- *Shared first co-authorship. Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- *Shared first co-authorship. Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurorradiology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurophysiology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto; Center for Predictive and Preventive Genetics (CGPP). Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC). Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (i3S). Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto. Portugal
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- Portuguese Brain Bank. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto; Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto; Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal
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- Neurology Department. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António. Porto; Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal
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Tsumura N, Itoh N, Ogawa A, Maki T, Kuzuhara S, Tomimoto H. [Recurrent myelitis in a case of IgG4-related respiratory disease]. Rinsho Shinkeigaku 2021; 61:839-843. [PMID: 34789626 DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We report an 80-year-old man with IgG4-related pleuritis who had been treated with a low dose oral steroid for two years and developed recurrent myelitis. He was admitted to our hospital with gradually worsening numbness in the lower body and difficulty in walking due to mild weakness and loss of proprioception in the legs. T2-weighted MR images of the spinal cord showed a high signal intensity lesion, located centrally in the spinal cord at the Th2-4 spine levels. Laboratory data revealed an elevated serum IgG4 level and cerebrospinal fluid protein level. Anti-aquaporin 4 antibody, anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody and other autoantibodies were negative. He showed a good response to the administration of steroid pulse therapy with almost resolution of the neurological symptoms and MRI findings. He was followed with the maintenance therapy with a low dose oral steroid. After one year, he developed recurrence of myelitis in the lower end of the medulla oblongata and in the central to dorsal area at the C2 spine level. Each lesion of recurrent myelitis was located within 3 vertebral segments length and improved without focal spinal atrophy. Recently, IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD)-associated inflammation involving brain parenchyma and spinal cord were reported. Further investigations are needed to elucidate the relationship between IgG4-RD and seronegative recurrent myelitis.
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- Department of Neurology, Suzuka General Hospital
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- Department of Neurology, Yokkaichi Hazu Medical Center
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- Department of Neurology, Suzuka General Hospital
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- Graduate School of Health Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science.,School of Nursing, Suzuka University of Medical Science
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Cler SJ, Sharifai N, Baker B, Dowling JL, Pipkorn P, Yaeger L, Clifford DB, Dahiya S, Chicoine MR. IgG4-Related Disease of the Skull and Skull Base-A Systematic Review and Report of Two Cases. World Neurosurg 2021; 150:179-196.e1. [PMID: 33746107 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.03.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an inflammatory process that uncommonly can present in the skull base and calvarium and mimic a tumor but the nature of this condition is not well summarized in the neurosurgical literature. METHODS A review was performed of 2 cases of IgG4-RD in the skull base highlighting the diagnostic challenges with assessment of these skull base lesions, and a systematic review of relevant literature was carried out. RESULTS A systematic review of the literature conducted in accordance with PRISMA guidelines identified 113 articles, with 184 cases of IgG4-RD in the skull base or calvarium. The most commonly affected locations include the meninges, cavernous sinus, base of the posterior fossa, clivus, and mastoid bone. Headache, visual and auditory disturbances, cranial nerve dysfunction, and seizures were the most common presenting symptoms. Medical treatment was highly successful and most commonly consisted of corticosteroids coadministered with immunosuppressive agents such as rituximab. Prevalence seemed to be equal between sexes, and serum IgG4 levels were increased in 61% of patients. Delayed diagnosis and a need for multiple biopsies were reported in numerous cases. Two cases of skull base IgG4-RD from the authors' institution show the variable presentations of this disease. More invasive surgical biopsies were required in both cases, and corticosteroid treatment led to significant clinical improvement. CONCLUSIONS IgG4-RD is an uncommon condition with an increasing body of reported cases that can affect the skull base and calvarium and should be in the differential diagnosis, because delay in diagnosis and treatment may be common.
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- Samuel J Cler
- Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA.
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA; Department of Infectious Disease, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA
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Li HX, Zuo L, Peng XX, Zong Q, Zhang K, Liu YZ, Wang H, Han GL. Immunoglobulin G4-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis with spinal cord compression: A case report. J Neuroimmunol 2020; 347:577325. [PMID: 32731049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a recently recognized inflammatory condition that can be found in many organs. However, spinal involvement is rare and has been described only in case reports and series. Here, we report a rare case of spinal IgG4-RD that resulted in hypertrophic pachymeningitis with spinal cord compression. This case expands the phenotypic presentation for the neurological sequelae of IgG4-RD. Our case hints that spinal IgG4-RD may be misdiagnosed, and IgG4-RD in patients should be considered when the patient has a dural mass. Although early surgery, steroids, and/or immunosuppressive therapy may prevent neurological complications, the side effects should receive more attention during treatment.
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- Hong-Xing Li
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, 31 Jinan Road, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, 31 Jinan Road, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China
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- Department of stomatology, Dongying District People's Hospital, 333 Jinan Road, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, 31 Jinan Road, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, 31 Jinan Road, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, 31 Jinan Road, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, 31 Jinan Road, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, 31 Jinan Road, Dongying, Shandong 257000, China.
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Vakrakou AG, Evangelopoulos ME, Boutzios G, Tzanetakos D, Tzartos J, Velonakis G, Toulas P, Anagnostouli M, Andreadou E, Koutsis G, Stefanis L, Fragoulis GE, Kilidireas C. Recurrent myelitis and asymptomatic hypophysitis in IgG4-related disease: case-based review. Rheumatol Int 2020; 40:337-343. [PMID: 31898763 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-019-04502-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a disorder with various clinical manifestations. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement is well recognized, with hypertrophic pachymeningitis and hypophysitis being the most common manifestations. Spinal cord involvement is an extremely rare manifestation. We present the first case of an IgG4-RD patient with spinal cord parenchymal disease and concurrent hypophysitis. We review also the current literature about CNS parenchymal involvement in the context of IgG4-RD. A young female presented with clinical symptoms of myelitis. Cervical spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) displayed features of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM). Brain MRI showed a small number of high-intensity lesions in the deep white matter and enlargement of hypophysis with homogeneous gadolinium enhancement (asymptomatic hypophysitis). Diagnostic workup revealed elevated IgG4 serum levels (146 mg/dL). Our patient fulfilled the organ-specific diagnostic criteria of IgG4-hypophysitis. Treatment with intravenous glucocorticoids led to rapid clinical response, and to the substantial resolution of imaging findings. Azathioprine was used as a maintenance treatment. One relapse occurred 2 years after the initial diagnosis and patient was re-treated with glucocorticoids. Three years after relapse, patient is in remission with azathioprine. We present the first case of myelitis with radiological features of LETM associated with increased IgG4 serum levels and the simultaneous presence of asymptomatic IgG4-related hypophysitis.
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- Aigli G Vakrakou
- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Endocrine Unit, Department of Pathophysiology, Laikon General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, "Laiko" General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Medical School of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University, Aeginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
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