IgG4-related periarteritis in the superficial temporal artery, clinically mimicking giant cell arthritis

Eur J Dermatol. 2024 Apr 1;34(2):198-200. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2024.4647.

Authors

Kazuya Kataoka¹, Keita Takemoto¹, Teruhiko Makino¹, Megumi Mizawa¹, Satoshi Yamaguchi², Koichiro Shinoda², Takashi Toyomoto³, Tadamichi Shimizu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
² First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Academic Assembly, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
³ Department of Dermatology, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital, 387-1 Futatsuka, Takaoka 933-8525, Japan.

PMID: 38907551
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2024.4647

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Arteritis / diagnosis
Arteritis / immunology
Arteritis / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnosis
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / complications
Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / diagnosis
Male
Middle Aged
Temporal Arteries* / pathology

Substances

Immunoglobulin G