A case of IgG4-related disease with posterior mediastinal tumor around thoracic vertebrae
Yuko Taniguchia,* Yukiko Moriyamaa Takahiro Mitsumuraa Reiko Takia Masafumi Yoshizawaa Hina Takanob
aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Musashino Red Cross Hospital
bDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital
* Present address: Department of Internal Medicine, Kudanzaka Hospital
A 41-year-old man had complained of the left submandibular lymphadenopathy and swelling of bilateral palpebrae. Chest CT scanning showed mediastinal lymphadenopathy and a posterior mediastinal tumor around thoracic vertebrae. Pathological findings of both percutaneous biopsy specimens of the left submandibular lymph node and the posterior mediastinal tumor revealed lymphoplasmacytic infiltration. Furthermore, many IgG4-positive plasma cells were demonstrated in the lesion of both biopsy specimens immunohistochemically. Serum IgG4 concentration of the patient was 3,660 mg/dl (reference range, <70 mg/dl). We diagnosed both the posterior mediastinal tumor and the left submandibular lymphadenopathy as a part of IgG4-related disease and treated the patient with corticosteroid, which diminished the posterior mediastinal tumor and the bilateral palpebral swelling. This is a case of biopsy-proven IgG4-related disease with a posterior mediastinal tumor.
Mediastinum Lymph node IgG4 Percutaneous biopsy Corticosteroid
Received 19 May 2011 / Accepted 7 Dec 2011
AJRS, 1(3): 201-206, 2012