Immunoglobulin G4-related disease in genitourinary organs: an emerging fibroinflammatory entity often misdiagnosed preoperatively as cancer

Eur Urol. 2013 Dec;64(6):865-72. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.11.056. Epub 2012 Dec 10.

Authors

Rodolfo Montironi¹, Marina Scarpelli, Liang Cheng, Antonio Lopez-Beltran, Maurizio Burattini, Ziya Kirkali, Francesco Montorsi

Affiliation

¹ Section of Pathological Anatomy, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, School of Medicine, United Hospitals, Ancona, Italy. Electronic address: r.montironi@univpm.it.

PMID: 23266239
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.11.056

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Errors*
Female
Female Urogenital Diseases / diagnosis*
Female Urogenital Diseases / immunology*
Humans
Immunoglobulin G*
Male
Male Urogenital Diseases / diagnosis*
Male Urogenital Diseases / immunology*
Urologic Neoplasms / diagnosis*

Substances

Immunoglobulin G