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ArticleSurgical case reports2021

IgG4-related gastric disease with plasma cell-rich obliterative arteritis accompanied by early-stage gastric cancer: a case report.

Masayoshi Obatake, Koichi Sato, Shigehiko Yagi, Hiromi Ohtani, Katsumi Kito

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Masayoshi ObatakeDepartment of Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, 83 Kasugamachi, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-0024, Japan. vwgolf3_4_audis5@yahoo.co.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-9628
Koichi SatoDepartment of Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, 83 Kasugamachi, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-0024, Japan.
Shigehiko YagiDepartment of Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, 83 Kasugamachi, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-0024, Japan.
Hiromi OhtaniDepartment of Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, 83 Kasugamachi, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-0024, Japan.
Katsumi KitoDepartment of Pathology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Ehime, Japan.
Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital · JP

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Abstract

backgroundImmunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder that can involve multiple organs. It is characterized by IgG4-positive plasma cell-rich storiform fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis associated with a high serum IgG4 level. There are few reports of gastric IgG4-RD, especially those detected prior to systemic or other organ involvement. CASE PRESENTATION: A 70-year-old man was diagnosed with type 0-IIc gastric cancer at the anterior wall of the gastric corpus by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. In addition, a submucosal tumor (SMT) 7 mm in diameter was found at the greater curvature of the angulus. Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with regional lymph node dissection was performed. Pathology revealed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the type 0-IIc lesion and storiform fibrosis with infiltration of a large number of IgG4-positive plasma cells in the SMT. Postoperative laboratory testing showed elevation of serum IgG4 levels; thus, we diagnosed the SMT as IgG4-RD. Intriguingly, the gastric IgG4-RD lesion demonstrated IgG4-positive plasma cell-rich arteritis as well as typical obstructive phlebitis. The patient has been followed for 2 years after surgery without recurrence of cancer, but skin lesions of IgG4-RD have appeared.

conclusionWe report a rare case of IgG4-RD presenting as a gastric SMT, accompanied by early-stage gastric cancer. Our case may support a newly proposed relationship between IgG4-RD and malignancies. The gastric IgG4-RD lesion showed arteritis as well as obliterative phlebitis, potentially providing novel insight into IgG4-related vascular lesions.

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Gastric cancerIgG4-related diseaseObliterative arteritisSubmucosal tumor

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