IgG4-related disease mimicking renal pelvis tumor with peritoneal carcinomatosis

Che-Wei Chang; Shih-Hao Tang; Chia-Hung Su; Kun-Bow Tsai; Yung-Chin Lee; Jhen-Hao Jhan

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3063

IgG4-related disease mimicking renal pelvis tumor with peritoneal carcinomatosis

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Jun 24;8(10):2040-2045. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3063. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Che-Wei Chang^{1

2}, Shih-Hao Tang³, Chia-Hung Su⁴, Kun-Bow Tsai⁵, Yung-Chin Lee^{1

2}, Jhen-Hao Jhan^{1

2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan.
² Department of Urology School of Medicine College of Medicine Kaohsiung Medical University Kaohsiung Taiwan.
³ Department of Hematology Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Surgery Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Pathology Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan.
⁶ Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine College of Medicine Kaohsiung Medical University Kaohsiung Taiwan.

Abstract

IgG4-RD may rarely present as a retroperitoneal fibrosis, mimicking carcinomatosis. Clinicians should consider this disease when encountering an idiopathic peritoneal and retroperitoneal fibrosis with renal involvement and hydronephrosis.

Keywords: IgG4‐related disease; carcinomatosis; hydronephrosis; laparoscopic surgery; retroperitoneal fibrosis.

Publication types

Case Reports