Immunoglobulin G4–related Sclerosing Disease of the Breast

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KY Kwok, HS Fung, LF Chiu, KM Chu, JCW Siu, KH Lai, TS To, SCH Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:137-9

Immunoglobulin G4–related sclerosing disease is a recently advocated disease entity. Though initially described as giving rise to autoimmune pancreatitis, this condition was subsequently found to involve extra-pancreatic tissues as well. In this report, we present a case of extra-pancreatic immunoglobulin G4–related sclerosing disease of the breast, with relevant imaging features on mammography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging.

 

中文摘要

免疫球蛋白G4相關性乳腺硬化性疾病

郭啟欣、馮漢盛、趙朗峰、朱嘉敏、蕭志偉、黎國鴻、杜德信、陳慈欽

免疫球蛋白G4相關性硬化性疾病是近年來熱門研究的一種疾病。雖然這病起初被認為導致自身免疫 性胰腺炎,後來證實其亦涉及胰腺外的組織。本文報告一宗免疫球蛋白G4相關性硬化性疾病牽涉胰 腺外組織乳腺的病例,並討論有關的乳腺X光攝影、超聲波及磁力共振的影像學特徵。