title: Mikulicz's disease. A case report.
abstract: METHODS
  We report the case of a 48 year-old male with bilateral involvement of the salivary and lacrimal glands, which was diagnosed as Mikulicz's disease by incisional biopsy of the affected lacrimal glands, which was completely resolved after corticosteroid treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sclerosing sialadenitis and/or dacryoadenitis are chronic inflammatory diseases that are currently classified into IgG4-related diseases. Specifically, Mikulicz's disease is defined by a persistent and symmetrical swelling of the lacrimal and salivary glands together with elevated serum concentration of IgG4 and tissue infiltration by IgG4 (+) plasma cells.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Órbita, Párpados y Vías Lagrimales, Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera IAP, México DF, México. Electronic address: icg_ct@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Coloma-González
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Órbita, Párpados y Vías Lagrimales, Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera IAP, México DF, México.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ruíz-García
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Órbita, Párpados y Vías Lagrimales, Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera IAP, México DF, México.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flores-Preciado
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Órbita, Párpados y Vías Lagrimales, Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera IAP, México DF, México.
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Encampira-Luna
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Órbita, Párpados y Vías Lagrimales, Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera IAP, México DF, México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ceriotto
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Órbita, Párpados y Vías Lagrimales, Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera IAP, México DF, México.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salcedo-Casillas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008882:Mikulicz' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
keywords: Dacrioadenitis; Dacryoadenitis; Enfermedad asociada a IgG(4); Enfermedad de Mikulicz; Enfermedad inflamatoria de la órbita; IgG4-related disease; Inflammatory orbital disease; Mikulicz's disease