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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES
Volume 26, Issue 9, Pages 1821-1825Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.14680
Keywords
ANCA-Vasculitis; IgG4-RD; overlap; tubulointerstitial nephritis
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Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) are two conditions that can overlap, and a new case is reported in this study. The patient was diagnosed with both IgG4-RD and AAV based on specific clinical features and diagnostic tests. This supports the hypothesis that these two conditions are not mutually exclusive and may share a common pathophysiological pathway.
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory condition that was first recognized as a unique disease entity in the early 2000s. Its diagnosis is based on specific pathologic, serologic, and clinical features, and the exclusion of several differential diagnoses, such antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). However, emerging evidence suggests that these 2 conditions may overlap in some cases. Here, we report a new case of overlapping IgG4-RD and AAV. The patient was diagnosed with IgG4-RD owing to the presence of periaortitis and IgG4 positive tubulointerstitial nephritis. Myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA positivity, chronic paranasal sinusitis, and glomerulonephritis with granuloma led to a concurrent diagnosis of MPO-ANCA-positive granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Our case supports the hypothesis that diagnoses of IgG4-RD and AAV are not mutually exclusive but can overlap. It can be assumed that an overlap with IgG4-RD typically affects the granulomatous form of AAV, suggesting a common pathophysiological pathway for these 2 conditions.
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