IgG4-related disease of the lung: a rare differential diagnosis to lung cancer after positive positron emission tomography and biopsy.

Zehnder, Adrian; Kocher, Gregor; Seitz, Michael; Schmid, Ralph (2017). IgG4-related disease of the lung: a rare differential diagnosis to lung cancer after positive positron emission tomography and biopsy. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 52(5), pp. 1003-1004. Oxford University Press 10.1093/ejcts/ezx265

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Immunoglobulin G4-related disease is a rare immune-mediated condition that often causes serious diagnostic problems. Symptoms are unspecific, and several organs can be involved. To date, IgG4-related lung disease has seldom been reported in literature. Nevertheless, a variety of pulmonary involvement has been described, which can mimic malignancy. The gold standard for the diagnosis is the identification of typical histopathological features, even if diagnostic biomarker such as serum IgG4 concentration can be an indicator for a more aggressive course of the disease.

Item Type:

 Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Thoracic Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Rheumatology and Immunology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Mu50 > Forschungsgruppe Thoraxchirurgie
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Rheumatologie
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Rheumatologie

UniBE Contributor:

 Zehnder, Adrian, Kocher, Gregor, Seitz, Michael, Schmid, Ralph

Subjects:

 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

 1010-7940

Publisher:

 Oxford University Press

Language:

 English

Submitter:

 Thomas Michael Marti

Date Deposited:

 01 Mar 2018 14:12

Last Modified:

 15 Dec 2022 13:47

Publisher DOI:

 10.1093/ejcts/ezx265

PubMed ID:

 28950319

Uncontrolled Keywords:

 IgG4-related lung disease Lobectomy Mimicking malignancy

BORIS DOI:

 10.7892/boris.109902

URI:

 https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/109902

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