IgG4 Related Lung Disease

IgG4 related disease is a poorly understood immune mediated condition. Lung involvement is rare and difficult to diagnose and can mimic primary lung malignancy on imaging. A patient who was found to have an incidental lung lesion with risk factors for primary pulmonary malignancy is reported.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Patel, Mihir, Kumar, Beena, Diep, My Linh, Nandurkar, Deepali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Clinico-Pathologic Conferences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27445515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1409281
Descripción
Sumario:IgG4 related disease is a poorly understood immune mediated condition. Lung involvement is rare and difficult to diagnose and can mimic primary lung malignancy on imaging. A patient who was found to have an incidental lung lesion with risk factors for primary pulmonary malignancy is reported.

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