Open AccessIgG4 related renal disease: A wolf in sheep′s clothing
Author(s) -
Angela Rohan,
B Ravishankar,
Shashidhar Vishwanath,
Mahesha Vankalakunti,
B Nanda Kishore,
HS Ballal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.133022
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , tertiary care , igg4 related disease , infiltration (hvac) , pathology , physics , thermodynamics
IgG4 related disease is a fibro-inflammatory condition with involvement of renal and extra renal organs, characterized by lymphoplasmacytic infiltration with organ dysfunction. We describe three cases of IgG4 related renal disease from a tertiary care hospital in south India.