BACKGROUND Gastric IgG4-related disease(IgG4-RD)is rarely encountered in clinical practice,and especially more so among pediatric patients.To our knowledge,this is the first report of IgG4-RD presenting as a calcifyin...BACKGROUND Gastric IgG4-related disease(IgG4-RD)is rarely encountered in clinical practice,and especially more so among pediatric patients.To our knowledge,this is the first report of IgG4-RD presenting as a calcifying gastric mass in a child.We describe how this entity was difficult to differentiate from a gastrointestinal stromal tumor(GIST)imaging-based approaches.Therefore,this case highlights the importance of considering IgG4-RD in the differential diagnosis of gastric tumor before performing surgical resection,especially to distinguish it from malignancy to avoid unnecessary surgery.CASE SUMMARY The patient suffered from epigastric pain for several days.Panendoscopy and computed tomography scan revealed a submucosal tumor.Differential diagnoses included GIST,leiomyoma,teratoma,and mucinous adenocarcinoma.However,laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy allowed for the definitive diagnosis of IgG4-related stomach disease.CONCLUSION We emphasize the importance of considering IgG4-RD in the differential diagnosis of gastric submucosal tumors before performing surgical resection.展开更多
Dear editor,I am Dr.Jie Peng,from the Department of Ophthalmology,Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,Shanghai,China.I write to present a case report of a novel in-frame del...Dear editor,I am Dr.Jie Peng,from the Department of Ophthalmology,Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,Shanghai,China.I write to present a case report of a novel in-frame deletion mutation c.17779del TAC of neurofibromatosis type 1 in a Chinese boy with bilateral blindness.Neurofibromatosis type 1(NF1;OMIM#162200),an autosomal dominant disease,is caused by mutations in the NF1gene.The incidence of this disease is around 1 in 3500展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Gastric IgG4-related disease(IgG4-RD)is rarely encountered in clinical practice,and especially more so among pediatric patients.To our knowledge,this is the first report of IgG4-RD presenting as a calcifying gastric mass in a child.We describe how this entity was difficult to differentiate from a gastrointestinal stromal tumor(GIST)imaging-based approaches.Therefore,this case highlights the importance of considering IgG4-RD in the differential diagnosis of gastric tumor before performing surgical resection,especially to distinguish it from malignancy to avoid unnecessary surgery.CASE SUMMARY The patient suffered from epigastric pain for several days.Panendoscopy and computed tomography scan revealed a submucosal tumor.Differential diagnoses included GIST,leiomyoma,teratoma,and mucinous adenocarcinoma.However,laparoscopic proximal gastrectomy allowed for the definitive diagnosis of IgG4-related stomach disease.CONCLUSION We emphasize the importance of considering IgG4-RD in the differential diagnosis of gastric submucosal tumors before performing surgical resection.
文摘Dear editor,I am Dr.Jie Peng,from the Department of Ophthalmology,Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,Shanghai,China.I write to present a case report of a novel in-frame deletion mutation c.17779del TAC of neurofibromatosis type 1 in a Chinese boy with bilateral blindness.Neurofibromatosis type 1(NF1;OMIM#162200),an autosomal dominant disease,is caused by mutations in the NF1gene.The incidence of this disease is around 1 in 3500