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Wah Cheuk, FRCPath; Hunter K. L. Yuen, MRCS; John K. C. Chan, FRCPath

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We read with interest the article by Takahira and colleagues on IgG4-related chronic sclerosing dacryoadenitis.¹ We have previously studied the clinicopathologic features of 6 patients with IgG4-related chronic sclerosing dacryoadenitis with elevated serum IgG4 and morphologic features identical to those described by the authors.² Three patients in our series satisfied the clinical criteria of Mikulicz disease (cases 2, 4, and 5), whereas 3 presented with unilateral or bilateral lacrimal swelling alone. Thus while IgG4-related chronic sclerosing dacryoadenitis is responsible for some cases of Mikulicz disease, some of these patients do not have Mikulicz disease.

Takahira et al³ stated in this article that no relationship between IgG4-related chronic sclerosing dacryoadenitis and lymphoma has been reported. Recently, we documented 3 cases of malignant lymphoma arising in IgG4-related chronic sclerosing dacryoadenitis. One case was high-grade follicular lymphoma and the other . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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