A case of localized IgG4-related thoracic periarteritis and recurrent nerve palsy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-169

  Takahashi, Masao ^a   Shimizu, Takashi ^a   Inajima, Tsukasa ^a   Hosoya, Yumiko ^a   Takeda, Norifumi ^a   Ishizaka, Nobukazu ^b   Yamashita, Hiroshi ^a   Hirata, Yasunobu ^a   Nagai, Ryozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgG4 related sclerosing disease; Periaortitis; Periarteritis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERIARTERITIS; PLASMA CELL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC PERIARTERITIS; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 79951508468     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181fbb6f2     Document Type: Article

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