IgG4-Related Lung Disease without Elevation of Serum IgG4 Level: A Case Report.
10.4046/trd.2016.79.3.184
- Author:
Min Kyu KANG
1
;
Yongseon CHO
;
Minsoo HAN
;
Sun Young JUNG
;
Kyoung Min MOON
;
Jinyoung KIM
;
Ju Ri KIM
;
Dong Kyu LEE
;
Jun Hyung PARK
;
So Hee CHUNG
Author Information
1. Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. casimirus@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Immunoglobulins;
Lung Diseases;
Hemoptysis
- MeSH:
Biopsy, Needle;
Gallbladder;
Glucocorticoids;
Hemoptysis;
Humans;
Immunoglobulin G*;
Immunoglobulins;
Kidney;
Lung Diseases*;
Lung*;
Middle Aged;
Pancreatitis;
Salivary Glands;
Thorax;
Thyroid Gland
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
2016;79(3):184-187
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Since IgG4-related pancreatitis was first reported in 2001, IgG4-related disease has been identified in other organs such as salivary gland, gallbladder, thyroid, retroperitoneum and kidney; but lung invasion is rare. A 63-year-old man presented with hemoptysis at the pulmonary clinic and chest computed tomography revealed about 4.1 cm irregular shaped mass with spiculated margin at the left upper lobe. Despite no elevation of serum IgG4 level, he was finally diagnosed as IgG4-related lung disease by transthoracic needle biopsy. After treatment with oral glucocorticoids, hemoptysis disappeared and the size of lung mass was decreased.
