[A case report of retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with IgG4-related sclerosing disease]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2010 Jul;56(7):371-5.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 67-year-old man had undergone a right ureteronephrectomy because of a right ureter tumor, but the pathological diagnosis was inflammatory tissue with plasma cells, lymphocytes, and fibrosis. About 3 years later, abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed a solid tumor at the left renal hilus. We resected the tumor and the pathological diagnosis was the same as before. More than 2 years later, because of elevated pancreatic enzymes, immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgG4, more detailed examinations ware done, and he was diagnosed with IgG4-related autoimmune pancreatitis. We believe that the retroperitoneal tumor was retroperitoneal fibrosis associated with IgG4-related sclerosing disease. Now, he is being treated with steroid therapy. IgG4-related sclerosing disease is a systemic disease whose concept is now being established. Much more work is needed to understand this disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autoimmune Diseases / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis*
  • Male
  • Pancreatitis / complications
  • Radiography
  • Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / complications*
  • Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / diagnosis
  • Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Sclerosis / complications*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G