Lung involvement in IgG4-related lymphoplasmacytic vasculitis and interstitial fibrosis: Report of 3 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1620-1626

  Yamashita, Kyoko ^a   Haga, Hironori ^a   Kobashi, Yoichiro ^b   Miyagawa Hayashino, Aya ^a   Yoshizawa, Akihiko ^a   Manabe, Toshiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgG4; Interstitial lung disease; Lymphomatoid granulomatosis; Plasma cell; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOBECTOMY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PULMONARY VASCULITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; VASCULITIS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; PLASMA CELLS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 56149114540     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318172622f     Document Type: Article

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