• Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China;
ZHU Jingqiang, Email: zjq-wkys@163.com
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Objective  To summarize the relationship between IgG4 and IgG4 related thyroid diseases.
Methods  Domestic and international publications involving the pathological features of IgG4-related thyroid diseases and relationship with IgG4 were retrieved and reviewed.
Results  IgG4-related disease was a newly recognized class of chronic and systemic lymphocytes disease, which may be solitary or involving multiple body organs, as well as thyroid. The expression of IgG4 was found in leisons of Hashimoto thyroiditis, Riedel thyroiditis, and papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Conclusions  IgG4-related thyroid disease is a new concept of thyroiditis. The knowledge of this new disease will provide appropriate treatment for patients with thyroiditis.

Citation: WANG Xunli,HUANG Qiushi,ZHU Xinxin,DU Zhenhong,CHEN Qiang,DENG Qiaolian,SUN Yinghe,CHEN Rui,WEI Tao,LIU Feng,MA Yu,GONG Rixiang,LI Zhihui,ZHU Jingqiang,.. IgG4 Related Thyroid Diseases. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2013, 20(9): 1075-1079. doi: Copy

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