A Case of Extensive IgG4-Related Disease Presenting as Massive Pleural Effusion, Mediastinal Mass, and Mesenteric Lymphadenopathy in a 16-Year-Old Male

IgG4-related disease is an immune-mediated fibro-inflammatory disease, characterized by lymphoplasmacytic infiltration composed of IgG4-positive plasma cells of various organs with elevated circulating levels of IgG4. This disease is now reported with increasing frequency and usually affects middle-...

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Veröffentlicht in:Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases 2015, 78(4), 363, pp.396-400
Hauptverfasser: Goag, Eun Kyong, Park, Ji Eun, Lee, Eun Hye, Park, Young Mok, Kim, Chi Young, Lee, Jung Mo, Kim, Young Joo, Kim, Young Sam, Kim, Se Kyu, Chang, Joon, Park, Moo Suk, Chung, Kyung Soo
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Zusammenfassung:IgG4-related disease is an immune-mediated fibro-inflammatory disease, characterized by lymphoplasmacytic infiltration composed of IgG4-positive plasma cells of various organs with elevated circulating levels of IgG4. This disease is now reported with increasing frequency and usually affects middle-aged men. Massive pleural effusion in children is an uncommon feature in IgG4-related disease. Here, we report a case of a 16-year-old male patient with extensive IgG4-related disease presenting with massive pleural effusion, mediastinal mass, and mesenteric lymphadenopathy.
ISSN:1738-3536
2005-6184
DOI:10.4046/trd.2015.78.4.396