Table 1 IgG4-related pleural disease without extrathoracic lesions
From: Multiple pleural nodules diagnosed as IgG4-related disease: a case report
No | Age (years) | Sex | Serum IgG4 (mg/dL) | Pleural effusion | Pleural thickening | Pleural nodules | Lymphadenopathy | Other thoracic findings | Therapy | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 78 | M | 483 | Both | Mild | Dense granular | – | – | Observation | [13] |
2 | 69 | M | 277 | Both | + | – | + | Bronchiectasis with bronchial wall thickening, centrilobular nodules in the bilateral lungs | PSL | [14] |
3 | 74 | M | 201 | Right | + | - | – | Patchy lesions of the right lung, multiple nodules | PSL | [15] |
4 | 66 | M | 148 | – | – | + | – | Consolidative lesion at the right lower lobe | Observation | [16] |
5 | 16 | M | 1650 | Both | NA | NA | – | Bronchial wall thickening, soft tissue density at the anterior mediastinum | PSL | [17] |
6 | 70 | M | 224 | Right | – | – | + | Mediastinal adenopathies | PSL | [18] |
7 | 64 | M | 280 | Right | + | – | – | – | Oral steroid | [19] |
8 | 70 | M | 1030 | Right | Diffuse | – | – | – | PSL | [20] |
9 | 65 | M | 164 | Both | + | – | – | Left pneumothorax, bronchiectasis, atelectasis | PSL | [21] |
10 | 81 | M | 233 | Both | – | – | Mild | Subpleural GGO, consolidation of the left lobe | PSL | [22] |
11 | 46 | M | 142 | Both | – | + | − | – | PSL | [23] |
12 | 80 | M | 261 | Left | Diffuse | - | − | Right enveloping effusion, calcification of the right pleura | Observation | [24] |
13 | 74 | M | 289 | – | + | + | − | – | Observation | This case |