Title Overlapping case of advanced systemic sclerosis and IgG4-related disease after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation /
Authors Dulko, Alisa Julija ; Butrimienė, Irena ; Čypienė, Alma ; Pečeliūnas, Valdas ; Petroška, Donatas ; Stankevičienė, Ernesta ; Rugienė, Rita
DOI 10.3390/medicina60030496
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Is Part of Medicina.. Basel : MDPI AG. 2024, vol. 60, iss. 3, art. no. 496, p. [1-9].. ISSN 1010-660X. eISSN 1648-9144
Keywords [eng] autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ; IgG4-related disease ; overlap syndrome ; systemic sclerosis
Abstract [eng] Both scleroderma and immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) are systemic fibro-inflammatory diseases characterised by lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates. IgG4-RD and systemic sclerosis (SSc) may share common pathophysiological mechanisms, but no examples of co-occurrence of the diseases have been found. Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is implemented in selected rapidly progressive SSc with a high risk of organ failure. However, existing guidelines are based on clinical trials that do not represent the entire patient population and exclude critically ill patients with no therapeutic alternatives. Examples of AHSCT in IgG4-RD are absent. We report the case of a 44-year-old female patient with overlapping progressive diffuse SSc and sinonasal IgG4-RD. After 11 years of ineffective SSc treatment, AHSCT was performed. The 63-month follow-up showed a regression of SSc symptoms. AHSCT was not intended as treatment in the case of IgG4RD, although the first symptoms of the disease developed before transplantation. The sinus lesions progressed after AHSCT and remained indolent only after surgical treatment (bilateral ethmoidectomy, sphenoidotomy, intranasal buccal antrostomy), which allowed histopathological confirmation of IgG4-RD.
Published Basel : MDPI AG
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2024
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