IgG4-related Disease Involving the Cardiovascular System: An Intracardiac Mass and a Mass Lesion Surrounding a Coronary Artery

Intern Med. 2019 Aug 15;58(16):2363-2366. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2509-18. Epub 2019 May 22.

Abstract

A 61-year-old Japanese man with IgG4-related autoimmune pancreatitis developed a mass in the right atrium (RA) and a mass lesion surrounding the left anterior descending coronary artery. We performed an intracardiac echo catheter-guided percutaneous biopsy of the RA mass, and histologically diagnosed it as IgG4-related disease. Oral corticosteroid therapy gradually downsized the mass lesions. We encountered a very rare case with mass lesions in the cardiovascular system of the IgG4-related disease that were able to be diagnosed using an intracardiac echo-guided biopsy.

Keywords: IgG4-related disease; computed tomography angiography; fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; intracardiac echo; intracardiac mass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy / methods
  • Coronary Vessels / drug effects*
  • Coronary Vessels / physiopathology*
  • Heart Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Heart Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Heart Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / diagnosis
  • Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / drug therapy*
  • Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome