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IgG4-related pachymeningitis

Disease definition

A rare, brain inflammatory disease characterized by thickening of the dura mater of the cranium or spine with at least two histiopatholgical features of IgG4-related disease: dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate, storiform fibrosis, and/or obliterative phlebitis. Patients typically have non-specific CSF findings, and might be without systemic involvement or serum IgG4 elevation. Clinical manifestation are caused by mechanical compression of nerve or vascular structure, leading to functional deficit, most commonly headache, cranial nerve palsies, vision problems and motor weakness.

ORPHA:449427

Classification level: Subtype of disorder
  • Synonym(s):
    • Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis
  • Prevalence: Unknown
  • Inheritance: Not applicable 
  • Age of onset: Adult, Elderly
  • ICD-10: G03.9
  • ICD-11: 4A43.0
  • OMIM: -
  • UMLS: -
  • MeSH: -
  • GARD: -
  • MedDRA: -

  A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2019) Español (2019) Français (2019) Italiano (2019) Nederlands (2019)

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