Abundant IgG4-positive plasma cell infiltration characterizes chronic sclerosing sialadenitis (Küttner's tumor)

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 783-791

  Kitagawa, Satoshi ^a   Zen, Yoh ^b   Harada, Kenichi ^a   Sasaki, Motoko ^a   Sato, Yasunori ^a   Minato, Hiroshi ^c   Watanabe, Kishichiro ^d   Kurumaya, Hiroshi ^e   Katayanagi, Kazuyoshi ^e   Masuda, Shinji ^f   Niwa, Hideki ^f   Tsuneyama, Koichi ^g   Saito, Katsuhiko ^h   Haratake, Joji ⁱ   Takagawa, Kiyoshi ⁱ   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b FUKUI KEN SAISEIKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Watanabe's Consultancy for Pathological Diagnosis   (Japan)

^e ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KOUSEIREN TAKAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^h TOYAMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ Kurobe City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; K ttner's tumor; Mikulicz's syndrome; Multifocal fibrosclerosis; Sclerosing pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC SCLEROSING SIALADENITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KUTTNER TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MIKULICZ DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA CELL; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SIALOADENITIS; SIALOLITHIASIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

AGED; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PLASMA CELLS; SALIVARY GLAND CALCULI; SCLEROSIS; SIALADENITIS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 21144435786     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000164031.59940.fc     Document Type: Article

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