IgG4-related airway involvement which developed in a patient receiving corticosteroid therapy for autoimmune pancreatitis

Intern Med. 2011;50(24):3023-6. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.6220. Epub 2011 Dec 15.

Abstract

A 66-year-old man was diagnosed with autoimmune pancreatitis in February 2009 and started 40 mg of oral prednisolone followed by a maintenance dose of 5 mg daily. The patient developed a cough in October 2010 and visited our division. He had a high serum concentration of immunoglobulin (Ig) G4 and his chest computed tomography showed airway stenosis without bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy (BHL). The bronchial biopsy specimens revealed lymphoplasmacytic infiltrations with IgG4-positive/IgG-positive plasma cells of more than 50%. Thus, we diagnosed the airway lesion with IgG4-related airway involvement. This is the first report of a patient with IgG4-related airway involvement without BHL.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / adverse effects*
  • Aged
  • Autoimmune Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Bronchial Diseases / diagnosis
  • Bronchial Diseases / etiology*
  • Bronchial Diseases / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin G / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Pancreatitis / drug therapy*
  • Plasma Cells / immunology
  • Plasma Cells / pathology
  • Prednisolone / adverse effects

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Prednisolone