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- Title
IgG4-related lung disease showing high standardized uptake values on FDG-PET: report of two cases.
- Authors
Masahiro Kitada; Yoshinari Matuda; Satoshi Hayashi; Kei Ishibashi; Kensuke Oikawa; Naoyuki Miyokaw; Yoshinobu Ohsaki
- Abstract
Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related lung disease is a disease in which IgG4-positive plasma cells and lymphocytes infiltrate lung tissues along with immunohistochemically evident fibrous interstitial proliferation in the background, in addition to hyper-IgG4 disease. The diagnosis of this disease can be difficult. Here, we report 2 cases with IgG4-related lung disease that was difficult to differentiate from malignant tumors because both cases had pulmonary lesions showing high standardized uptake values (SUV) on positron emission tomography (PET). Case 1: A 75-year-old man under treatment for autoimmune pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus was noted to have multiple nodular opacities in both lungs and a mass density in the right paravertebral region on computed tomography (CT). As high SUVmax was noted for both lesions on exploration by fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/CT, an advanced malignant tumor was diagnosed and a video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) biopsy was performed and diagnosed IgG4-related lung disease. Case 2: A 48-year-old woman consulted our clinic with a chief complaint of bloody sputum. Chest CT revealed a mass density with 12-, 13-, and 16-mm spiculations in the S2 segment of the right upper lobe and irregular thickening of the pleura including the paravertebral region. The lesion was a mass showing high SUV in the S2 segment on FDG-PET. Malignancy was suspected from the imaging findings, and a VATS biopsy was performed and diagnosed IgG4-related lung disease. Actively undertaking VATS biopsy in cases with this disease is valuable for making the differential diagnosis between malignant tumors and IgG4-related lung disease, since the diagnosis can be difficult in some patients showing high SUV.
- Subjects
IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG diseases; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POSITRON emission tomography; PANCREATITIS; TREATMENT of diabetes; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; PATIENTS
- Publication
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1749-8090
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/1749-8090-8-160