Surgical Pathology

New findings reported from Queen Elizabeth Hospital describe advances in surgical pathology

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, January 7th, 2010

"IgG4-related sclerosing disease is a syndrome characterized by the involvement of a wide variety of tissues by lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates and sclerosis, elevated serum IgG4 titer. and increased IgG4+ plasma cells in tissues. This report describes 2 cases with skin involvement, a feature not well documented in the literature," scientists in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China report.

"The patients had Plaques or nodules in the skin of the check, temporal or periauricular region. Histologically. there was dermal and subcutaneous involvement by a nodular lymphoid infiltration often interspersed with lymphoid follicles and sclerotic stroma. The infiltrate was rich in...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2010-01-07)

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