An IgG4-Related Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Greater Omentum / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
; : 400-404, 2013.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-225748
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ABSTRACT
IgG4-related sclerosing disease is a novel clinical disease entity characterized by an elevated serum IgG4 concentration and tissue infiltration by IgG4-positive plasma cells. Although this disease is a novel entity, it is not rare and is present in a proportion of patients with a wide variety of diseases, including autoimmune pancreatitis, sclerosing cholangitis, retroperitoneal fibrosis, and inflammatory pseudotumor. Despite the effectiveness of steroid therapy, IgG4-related sclerosing disease is often misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor. Here, we report an inflammatory pseudotumor of the great omentum that was misdiagnosed as a malignant tumor and subject to surgical resection.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Omentum
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Pancreatitis
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Plasma Cells
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Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
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Immunoglobulin G
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Cholangitis, Sclerosing
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Granuloma, Plasma Cell
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article