Longstanding IgG4-related Ophthalmic Disease Dramatically Improved after Steroid Therapy

A 61-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of decreased visual acuity. On admission, he had marked blepharoedema, conjunctival injection, exophthalmos, diplopia, and blurred vision. He also had bronchial asthma and urinary retention requiring urethral catheterization. His serum immunoglo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2018/10/01, Vol.57(19), pp.2879-2883
Hauptverfasser:	Hirata, Yoko, Fukae, Jiro, Nishida, Akihiro, Fujioka, Shinsuke, Hamasaki, Mokoto, Nonokuma, Masanari, Tsuboi, Yoshio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acuity Asthma biopsy Case Report Catheterization Eye Diseases - diagnosis Eye Diseases - etiology Eye Diseases - therapy FDG-PET Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use Humans IgG4-related disease Immunoglobulin G Immunoglobulin G - metabolism Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease - diagnosis Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease - etiology Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease - therapy Immunoglobulins Internal medicine Male Middle Aged Organs plasma cell Positron emission tomography Prednisolone - therapeutic use Salivary gland Salivary glands Salivary Glands - metabolism steroid therapy Steroids Visual acuity
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