IGG4-Related Pleural Bridging Fibrosis, Retrosternal Fibrosclerosis and Retroperitoneal Fibrosis in an Asbestos-Exposed Patient

Arch Bronconeumol (Engl Ed). 2019 Sep;55(9):496-497. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2019.01.026. Epub 2019 Feb 26.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Pedro Paulo Teixeira E Silva Torres¹, Lorena Barbosa de Moraes Fonseca², Kim-Ir-Sen Santos Teixeira³, Marcelo Fouad Rabahi⁴, Edson Marchiori⁵

Affiliations

¹ Multimagem Diagnósticos, Goiânia, Brazil.
² Hospital Geral de Goiânia, Goiânia, Brazil.
³ Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
⁴ Hospital Geral de Goiânia, Goiânia, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
⁵ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: edmarchiori@gmail.com.

PMID: 30824208
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2019.01.026

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Asbestos / adverse effects*
Fibrosis / etiology
Humans
Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / complications*
Male
Occupational Diseases / etiology*
Occupational Exposure / adverse effects*
Pleura / pathology*
Pleural Diseases / etiology*
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / etiology*
Sclerosis / etiology
Sternum

Substances

Asbestos