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Respir Med Case Rep. 2017 Apr 08;21:89-92. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.03.023. eCollection 2017.

A case of immunoglobulin G4-related respiratory disease with multiple lung cysts: A case report.

Respiratory medicine case reports

Hironori Mikumo, Naoki Hamada, Eiji Harada, Toyoshi Yanagihara, Saiko Ogata, Hidetake Yabuuchi, Kayo Ijichi, Koichi Takayama, Yoichi Nakanishi

Affiliations

  1. Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
  2. Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
  3. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Pathological Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
  4. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajiicho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.

PMID: 28443233 PMCID: PMC5392773 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.03.023

Abstract

A 48-year-old man was admitted for evaluation of abnormal shadows on chest radiograph. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed cysts, nodules, and cervical and axillary lymphadenopathies. Elevated serum levels of IgG4 and interleukin (IL)-6 suggested IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) or multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD). Histologic findings of the cervical lymph node and right lung S

Keywords: AIP, autoimmune pancreatitis; CRP, C-reactive protein; CT, chest computed tomography; IL, interleukin; IgG4-RD, IgG4-related disease; IgG4-RRD, IgG4-related respiratory disease; IgG4-related disease; IgG4-related respiratory disease; MCD, multicentric Castleman's disease; Multicentric Castleman's disease; Multiple lymphadenopathy; Pulmonary cyst

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