IgG4-Related Disease: Mimickers and Diagnostic Pitfalls

Conclusions Approaching a patient with probable IgG4-RD through a clinical phenotype framework will ease the diagnostic algorithm and facilitate the prompt recognition of the disease. There are certain clinical, serological, radiological, and histological features in each clinical phenotype that, if present, increase the likelihood that a patient may have IgG4-RD instead of the mimicker condition. Those clues that point toward IgG4-RD diagnosis should be actively sought in the workup of patients.
Source: JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Reviews Source Type: research