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Gut Liver. 2013;7(5):616-20.

Immunoglobulin g4-related disease mimicking unresectable gallbladder cancer.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea.

Abstract

Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease is a novel disease entity that can involve diverse organs, causing specific diseases, including autoimmune pancreatitis, sclerosing cholangitis, cholecystitis, inflammatory aortic aneurysm, and inflammatory pseudotumor. IgG4-related disease is characterized by elevated serum IgG4 concentrations, abundant IgG4 lymphoplasmacytic infiltration, and dramatic steroid responses. It is clinically important to differentiate this rare disease from primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma, because the treatment and prognosis of these two diseases are completely different. However, the preoperative diagnosis is challenging, and the disease is frequently misdiagnosed. If the serum level of IgG4 is within the normal range, the diagnosis of IgG4-related disease is more difficult. This article reports on a 59-year-old man with IgG4-related disease mimicking unresectable gallbladder cancer with normal serum IgG4 concentrations.

Keywords

Cholangitis, sclerosingCholecystitisGallbladder neoplasmsImmunoglobuin G

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1 Computed tomography (CT) image (A, B) before and (C, D) after treatment. (A, B) CT before treatment with steroids reveals an infiltrative low density mass involving the neck portion of the gallbladder and adjacent hepatic parenchyma, along with multiple radio-opaque gallstones and diffuse wall thickening of the common bile duct (annotated with a black solid arrow). (C, D) Abdominal CT after 4 weeks of treatment with steroids indicates resolution of the hepatic mass lesion and a decreased degree of GB wall thickening. The biliary metal stent can also be observed. (A, C) Axial image. (B, D) Coronal image.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2 Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography reveals a short segmental stricture at the proximal common hepatic duct (annotated with a white solid arrow) with upstream bile duct dilatation.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3 Pathology of the gallbladder bed from the patient. (A) Inflammatory cell infiltration within a background of fibrosis (H&E stain, ×200), (B) many plasma cells and a few eosinophils (H&E stain, ×400), (C) subocclusive vasculitis with inflammatory infiltrate in the thickened vessel wall (H&E stain, ×400), and (D) abundant immunoglobulin G4+ (IgG4+) plasma cells (immunohistochemistry of IgG4, ×100).

그림 출처: PubMed Central 공개 논문 (PMC3782679)

Conflict of interest statement

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

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출판 형태
Journal Article
저널
Gut and liver · ISSN 1976-2283
전자 출판
2013-09-11
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