IgG4-related lung disease with organizing pneumonia effectively treated with azathioprine

Intern Med. 2014;53(23):2701-4. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2564. Epub 2014 Dec 1.

Abstract

Immunoglobulin (Ig)-G4-related disease is a multi-organ disease that may affect the lung. We herein describe a patient with IgG4-related lung disease (IgG4-RLD) who was radiologically and pathologically diagnosed with organizing pneumonia. He was successfully treated with a combination of prednisolone (PSL) and azathioprine (AZA), and his clinical course has been uneventful since tapering off PSL. This is a rare case of IgG4-RLD manifesting as organizing pneumonia, and, to our knowledge, this is also the first case showing the effectiveness of AZA in treating IgG4-RLD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autoimmunity*
  • Azathioprine / administration & dosage*
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / drug therapy
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / immunology*
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / physiopathology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology*
  • Lung Diseases / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases / immunology*
  • Lung Diseases / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Prednisolone / administration & dosage*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Prednisolone
  • Azathioprine