Features of the course of diabetes mellitus in IgG4-associated disease
T. S. Panevin,
A. V. Torgashina,
A. A. Movsesyan
Abstract:IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is characterized by the appearance of tumor-like foci in one or more organs, occurring synchronously or metachronously, due to fibro-inflammatory changes with hypersecretion of immunoglobulin G subclass 4 (IgG4) in tissues and/or blood serum. Diabetes mellitus (DM) develops among 43-68% of patients with IgG4-related pancreatitis. Diabetes against the background of IgG4-RD can be caused both by damage to the endocrine part of the pancreas and the use of glucocorticosteroids, but i… Show more
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