Journal
RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 61, Issue 2, Pages 490-501Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab634
Keywords
IgG4-related disease; Castleman's disease; pathogenesis; biomarkers
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [21K16292]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21K16292] Funding Source: KAKEN
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IgG4-RD and iMCD are rare immune-mediated diseases with distinct pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies. Although there are some overlapping clinical features, differential diagnosis is challenging. Combined clinical and pathological findings are crucial for distinguishing between the two diseases.
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease (iMCD) are both rare systemic immune-mediated disorders. However, the pathogenesis differs markedly between the two diseases and differing therapeutic strategies are adopted: IgG4-RD is treated using a moderate dose of glucocorticoids or rituximab, while iMCD therapy involves an IL-6-targeted approach. Nonetheless, some clinical features of IgG4-RD and iMCD overlap, so differential diagnosis is sometimes difficult, even though the classification and diagnostic criteria of the diseases require careful exclusion of the other. The key findings in IgG4-RD are high IgG4:IgG ratio, allergic features and germinal centre expansion involving T follicular helper cells, while iMCD involves polyclonal antibody production (high IgA and IgM levels), sheet-like mature plasma cell proliferation and inflammatory features driven by IL-6. The distribution of organ involvement also provides important clues in both diseases. Particular attention should be given to differential diagnosis using combined clinical and/or pathological findings, because single features cannot distinguish IgG4-RD from iMCD. In the present review, we discuss the similarities and differences between IgG4-RD and iMCD, as well as how to distinguish the two diseases.
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