Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.  2014 Jan;19(1):26-30. 10.15279/kpba.2014.19.1.26.

IgG4-related Sclerosing Cholangitis Presented as a Mass in the Liver

• Kim JY
• Yoo KS
• Oh YH
• Choi JM
• Lee SK
• Yeo Y
• Hwang SW
• Yoon HJ

• KMID: 2448431
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.15279/kpba.2014.19.1.26

Abstract

Autoimmune pancreatitis or IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis often involves the liver. Most common lesion involving the liver is shown as mass or masses often referred as inflammatory pseudotumor. Inflammatory pseudotumor usually needs to be discriminated with malignancy. Here we report a case of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis with liver involvement presented as a mass. It was proven by biopsy and did not show any evidence of autoimmune pancreatitis. The mass infiltrated around the portal tract and portal vein thrombosis was also present.

Keyword

IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis; Inflammatory pseudotumor

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Cholangitis, Sclerosing*
Granuloma, Plasma Cell
Liver*
Pancreatitis
Venous Thrombosis