Abstracts tagged "IgG4 Related Disease"

Abstract Number: 784 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IgG4+ Plasmablasts Are A Novel Biomarker In IgG4-Related Disease
Mollie Carruthers¹, Hamid Mattoo², Zachary S. Wallace³, Vinay Mahajan⁴, Shiv Pillai⁵ and John H. Stone¹, ¹Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated disorder that responds to B cell depletion with rituximab (RTX). We detected IgG4+ plasmablasts in the sera of…
Abstract Number: 785 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ophthalmic Manifestations Of IgG4-Related Disease: A Single-Center Experience
Zachary S. Wallace¹, Vikram Deshpande² and John H. Stone³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an inflammatory disorder responsible for fibrosing, tumefactive lesions that can present in nearly any anatomic location. The orbital manifestations of…

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