Immunoglobulin G4-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis

Objective

Meningeal involvement in Immunoglobulin G (IgG)-4-related disease is rare and only described in case reports and series. Because a review into the disease is lacking, we present 2 cases followed by a literature review of IgG4-related hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IgG4-HP).

Methods

Two IgG4-HP cases were reported, one involving the spinal cord and responding to surgical management and a second involving the brain and...