IgG4-related Diaphragmatic Inflammatory Pseudotumor

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 60; no. 13; pp. 2067 - 2074
• Main Authors: Yoshida, Naoki, Kikuta, Kazuhiro, Miura, Shin, Matsumoto, Ryotaro, Sano, Takanori, Hamada, Shin, Takikawa, Tetsuya, Masamune, Atsushi, Tanaka, Yu, Kume, Kiyoshi, Unno, Michiaki, Hongo, Seiji, Ikeda, Mio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 01.07.2021; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: autoimmune pancreatitis; Case Report; Diaphragm; Hepatectomy; IgG4; IgG4-related disease; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G4; Immunoglobulins; Inflammation; inflammatory pseudotumor; Internal medicine; Laparoscopy; Neuroendocrine tumors; Pancreas; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; Pancreatitis; Pseudotumors; Surgery

A 71-year-old man underwent surgery for a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. Follow-up imaging showed swelling of the remnant pancreas, and he was histologically diagnosed with autoimmune pancreatitis based on endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration specimens. After two years, a tumor...