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Case Reports
. 2019 Sep 30;12(9):e231609.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-231609.

Atypical presentation of IgG4-related disease as an isolated inferior orbital mass

Nripen Gaur  1 , Asha Samdani  1 , Rachna Meel  1 , Mandeep S Bajaj  1
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Atypical presentation of IgG4-related disease as an isolated inferior orbital mass

Nripen Gaur et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: immunology; ophthalmology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
(A) Clinical photograph showing inferior orbital swelling, (B, C) contrast-enhanced CT images in sagittal and coronal sections showing non-specific mass (arrow) in the inferior orbit closely abutting the inferior rectus. Histopathology revealed a cellular lesion composed of numerous plasma cells (D). Immunohistochemical stain for IgG4 was strongly positive (>40 plasma cells/hpf) (E). (F) Clinical photograph at 6-month follow-up.
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