IgG4-related sclerosing mesenteritis in a 7-year-old Saudi girl

Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov-Dec;20(6):385-8. doi: 10.4103/1319-3767.145333.

Abstract

Sclerosing mesenteritis (SM) is a rare, benign inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology, affecting the membranes of the digestive tract that involves lymphoplasmacytic inflammation, fat necrosis, and fibrosis of the mesentery. We report a child patient with a history of recurrent abdominal pain and fever who was found to have an intra-abdominal mass suspicious for malignancy. A tissue biopsy revealed the diagnosis of SM associated with IgG4-related systemic disease. The patient is currently maintained on 5 mg prednisone daily and no recurrence of symptoms was noted during the 24-month follow-up period. We emphasize, therefore, that SM can present clinical challenges and the presence of SM should cue clinicians to search for other coexisting autoimmune disorders that can have various outcomes.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / blood
  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / immunology*
  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Panniculitis, Peritoneal / blood
  • Panniculitis, Peritoneal / diagnosis
  • Panniculitis, Peritoneal / immunology*
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
  • Immunoglobulin G