IgG4-related disease of the ureter: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 462, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 673-678

  Marando, Alessandro ^a   D'Ambrosio, Gioacchino ^b   Catanzaro, Francesco ^b   La Rosa, Stefano ^c   Sessa, Fausto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

IgG4; IgG4 related disease; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Ureter

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IDIOPATHIC SEGMENTAL URETERITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER DISEASE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URINE CYTOLOGY; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PLASMA CELLS; SCLEROSIS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 84878906314     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-013-1421-5     Document Type: Article

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