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.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mihir Patel, Beena Kumar, My Linh Diep, Deepali Nandurkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1409281
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832568525062930432
author Mihir Patel
Beena Kumar
My Linh Diep
Deepali Nandurkar
author_facet Mihir Patel
Beena Kumar
My Linh Diep
Deepali Nandurkar
author_sort Mihir Patel
collection DOAJ
description 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.
format Article
id doaj-art-c4a79dcb96d947988ffdb7cb02b27fe2
institution Kabale University
issn 1198-2241
1916-7245
language English
publishDate 2016-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series Canadian Respiratory Journal
spelling doaj-art-c4a79dcb96d947988ffdb7cb02b27fe22025-02-03T00:58:54ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22411916-72452016-01-01201610.1155/2016/14092811409281IgG4 Related Lung DiseaseMihir Patel0Beena Kumar1My Linh Diep2Deepali Nandurkar3Monash Imaging, Monash Health, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaMonash Imaging, Monash Health, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaMonash Imaging, Monash Health, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaMonash Imaging, Monash Health, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, AustraliaIgG4 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1409281
spellingShingle Mihir Patel
Beena Kumar
My Linh Diep
Deepali Nandurkar
IgG4 Related Lung Disease
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title IgG4 Related Lung Disease
title_full IgG4 Related Lung Disease
title_fullStr IgG4 Related Lung Disease
title_full_unstemmed IgG4 Related Lung Disease
title_short IgG4 Related Lung Disease
title_sort igg4 related lung disease
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1409281
work_keys_str_mv AT mihirpatel igg4relatedlungdisease
AT beenakumar igg4relatedlungdisease
AT mylinhdiep igg4relatedlungdisease
AT deepalinandurkar igg4relatedlungdisease