Respiratory lesions in IgG4-related disease: classification using 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism criteria

Masamichi Komatsu; Hiroshi Yamamoto; Shoko Matsui; Yasuhiro Terasaki; Akira Hebisawa; Tae Iwasawa; Takeshi Johkoh; Tomohisa Baba; Atsushi Miyamoto; Tomohiro Handa; Keisuke Tomii; Yuko Waseda; Masashi Bando; Haruyuki Ishii; Yasunari Miyazaki; Akihiko Yoshizawa; Tamiko Takemura; Yoshinori Kawabata; Masayuki Hanaoka; Takashi Ogura; Tokyo Diffuse Lung Disease Study Group

doi:10.1183/23120541.00120-2022

Respiratory lesions in IgG4-related disease: classification using 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism criteria

ERJ Open Res. 2022 Sep 12;8(3):00120-2022. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00120-2022. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Masamichi Komatsu¹, Hiroshi Yamamoto¹, Shoko Matsui², Yasuhiro Terasaki^{3

4}, Akira Hebisawa⁵, Tae Iwasawa⁶, Takeshi Johkoh⁶, Tomohisa Baba⁷, Atsushi Miyamoto⁸, Tomohiro Handa⁹, Keisuke Tomii¹⁰, Yuko Waseda¹¹, Masashi Bando¹², Haruyuki Ishii¹³, Yasunari Miyazaki¹⁴, Akihiko Yoshizawa¹⁵, Tamiko Takemura¹⁶, Yoshinori Kawabata¹⁷, Masayuki Hanaoka¹, Takashi Ogura⁷; Tokyo Diffuse Lung Disease Study Group

Affiliations

¹ First Dept of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
² Health Administration Center, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
³ Dept of Analytic Human Pathology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Division of Pathology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Division of Clinical Pathology, Asahi Central Hospital, Asahi, Japan.
⁶ Dept of Radiology, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan.
⁷ Division of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan.
⁸ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
⁹ Dept of Advanced Medicine for Respiratory Failure, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
¹⁰ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
¹¹ Third Dept of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
¹² Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
¹³ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁴ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁵ Dept of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
¹⁶ Dept of Pathology, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan.
¹⁷ Division of Diagnostic Pathology, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Kumagaya, Japan.

Abstract

In this study, ILDs involving IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration were classified using the 2019 ACR/EULAR criteria. Most IgG4-positive interstitial pneumonia cases were excluded, suggesting the need for a unique treatment strategy. https://bit.ly/38GiUJM.