IgG4-related sclerosing disease of the small bowel presenting as necrotizing mesenteric arteritis and a solitary jejunal ulcer

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 929-934

  Wong, Daniel D ^a   Pillai, Sooraj R ^a   Kumarasinghe, Marian Priyanthi ^a   McGettigan, Ben ^b   Thin, Lena W Y ^b   Segarajasingam, Dev S ^b   Hollingsworth, Peter N ^b   Spagnolo, Dominic V ^a  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

IgG4; IgG4 sclerosing disease; Jejunal ulcer; Mesenteric arteritis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNUM; JEJUNUM DISEASE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; JEJUNUM; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PLASMA CELLS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREDNISOLONE; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 84861230134     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182495c96     Document Type: Article

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