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15 April 2022 : Case report  South Korea

A 61-Year-Old Woman Presenting with Low Back Pain Diagnosed with IgG4-Related Disease Affecting the Thoracoabdominal Aorta and Retroperitoneum

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Mi Ra Kim ABCDEF 1, Hyekyung Shim ABCDEF 2*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935007

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935007

Figure 2 Representative images of histopathologic and immunohistochemical (IHC) studies of the biopsy specimen from the retroperitoneal fibrotic lesion at diagnosis(A, B) Microscopically, there is dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltration with diffuse marked fibrosis and phlebitis (hematoxylin and eosin staining; ×200 (A) and ×400 (B)). (C, D) On the IHC study images, IgG-positive cells (C) and IgG4-positive cells (D) are observed (200× magnification).

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923