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- Title
A case of IgG4-related pulmonary disease with rapid improvement.
- Authors
Umeda, Masataka; Fujikawa, Keita; Origuchi, Tomoki; Tsukada, Toshiaki; Kondo, Akira; Tomari, Shinya; Inoue, Yuichi; Soda, Hisashi; Nakamura, Hideki; Matsui, Shoko; Kawakami, Atsushi
- Abstract
We report a 72-year-old man with respiratory involvement of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease, who developed dry cough and shortness of breath on effort. The chest computed tomography scan image showed massive and diffuse ground-glass opacity, interlobular thickening, and bronchial wall thickening. The infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells in the transbronchial lung biopsy and high serum IgG4 concentrations were found. The patient was treated with 0.6 mg/kg oral prednisolone and showed rapid improvement. This is a case of IgG4-related disease in which the only complication was respiratory involvement.
- Subjects
IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG diseases; OLDER men; COUGH; CHEST examination; TOMOGRAPHY; PLASMA cells; PREDNISOLONE; DISEASES in older people
- Publication
Modern Rheumatology, 2012, Vol 22, Issue 6, p919
- ISSN
1439-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3109/s10165-012-0600-6