F-18 FDG PET-CT findings in Mikulicz disease and systemic involvement of IgG4-related lesions

Clin Nucl Med. 2009 Mar;34(3):164-7. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181967568.

Abstract

A 72-year-old woman with Mikulicz disease with pathogically proven sclerosing sialadenitis showed systemic abnormal F-18 FDG uptake in the bilateral lacrimal and submandibular glands, pancreas, abdominal aortic wall, and a retroperitoneal fibroid mass on PET/CT scan, with marked elevation of the serum IgG4 level. This case supports Mikulicz disease being included as 1 of the disorders associated with a new clinical entity of systemic IgG4-related plasmacytic syndrome. A whole-body FDG-PET/CT scan can be expected as a useful tool for detecting systemic involvement in systemic IgG4-related plasmacytic syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18* / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Mikulicz' Disease / blood
  • Mikulicz' Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mikulicz' Disease / pathology
  • Plasma Cells / diagnostic imaging
  • Plasma Cells / pathology*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18