IgG4-related disease is a protean condition that mimics many malignant, infectious, and
inflammatory disorders. This multi-organ immune-mediated condition links many disorders …

Abstract Background IgG4-sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) patients have an increased
level of serum IgG4, dense infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells with extensive fibrosis in …

The pathophysiology of immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) and its most
common manifestations, IgG4-associated (sclerosing) cholangitis and autoimmune …

Acute cholangitis is a potentially life-threatening systemic disease resulting from a
combination of infection and obstruction of the biliary tree, secondary to different underlying …

Discrimination between benign and malignant biliary strictures is difficult, with 5.2 to 24.5 per
cent of biliary strictures proving to be benign after histological examination of the resected …

Cholangiocarcinoma is the most common primary malignancy of the bile ducts which has
several predisposing factors such as hepatolithiasis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, and …

Since the earliest reports in 2001, immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease has been
defined as an autoimmune systemic disease characterized by the lymphoplasmacytic …

Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a newly recognized chronic fibro-
inflammatory autoimmune disease, and its recognition has been constantly increasing …

Methods We retrospectively compared clinical, serological, imaging, and histological
features of six patients with IgG4-SC and 42 patients with hilar CC. Results In patients with …

Background Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is recognised as an end organ manifestation of
the systemic condition known as IgG4-sclerosing disease. One major characteristic of this …