Immunoglobulin
G4 related disease: an overview

Saika Farook; Abdullah Ahmed Solaiman; Md. Shariful Alam Jilani

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Issue: Vol.15 No.2 - July 2021

Immunoglobulin G4 related disease: an overview

Authors:

Saika Farook

Affiliations

Department of Microbiology, Molecular and Flow Cytometry, DMFR Molecular Lab & Diagnostics BD LTD, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Abdullah Ahmed Solaiman

Affiliations

Department of Surgery, Metropolitan Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Md. Shariful Alam Jilani

Affiliations

Department of Microbiology, Ibrahim Medical College, Segunbagicha, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Immunoglobulin G4 related disease (IgG4-RD) is a recently perceived fibroinflammatory condition, identified as a systemic illness for the first time in the early 2000. It can involve virtually every organ of the body, commonly presenting as lymphadenopathy, retroperitoneal fibrosis, autoimmune pancreatitis, tubulointerstitial nephritis, parotid or lacrimal gland enlargement. The diagnosis is confirmed by histopathological analysis and is often, but not always accompanied by an increased level of serum IgG4 concentration. In fact, the name addressing this autoimmune fibroinflammatory condition may be considered a misnomer, as the role of the non-inflammatory immunoglobulin IgG4 in the immune mechanism of IgG4-RD remains to be elucidated.

IMC J Med Sci 2021; 15(2): 006. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/imcjms.v15i2.55878

*Correspondence: Saika Farook, Department of Microbiology, Molecular and Flow Cytometry, DMFR Molecular Lab & Diagnostics BD LTD, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email: [email protected]