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ArticleClinical journal of gastroenterology2024

An atypical case of isolated immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing cholangitis with a cholangiogram resembling primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Yoshihisa Takada, Takuya Ishikawa, Kentaro Yamao, Yasuyuki Mizutani, Tadashi Iida, Kota Uetsuki, Hiroki Kawashima

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Yoshihisa TakadaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsuruma-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8560, Japan.
Takuya IshikawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsuruma-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8560, Japan. ishitaku@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5814-3555
Kentaro YamaoDepartment of Endoscopy, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Yasuyuki MizutaniDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsuruma-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8560, Japan.
Tadashi IidaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsuruma-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8560, Japan.
Kota UetsukiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsuruma-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8560, Japan.
Hiroki KawashimaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65, Tsuruma-Cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8560, Japan.
Nagoya University · JPNagoya University Hospital · JP

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Abstract

An asymptomatic 77-year-old man with intrahepatic bile duct dilation was referred to our hospital. Cholangiography revealed alternations between strictures and dilated segments from the right and left hepatic ducts to the lower bile ducts, with findings of a pruned tree, beaded, shaggy appearance, and diverticulum-like outpouching. Histopathology revealed abundant immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-positive plasma cells (> 10 per high-power field) with an IgG4/IgG-positive cell ratio of 40-50%. After 2 weeks of steroid therapy, the cholangiography markedly improved. Because the cholangiographic findings resembled those of primary sclerosing cholangitis, steroid therapy proved useful in differentiating IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis from primary sclerosing cholangitis.

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Cholangitis, SclerosingAgedBile DuctsCholangiographyDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleSteroidsImmunoglobulin GSteroidsEndoscopic retrograde cholangiographyIntraductal ultrasonographyIsolated IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitisPrimary sclerosing cholangitisSteroid therapy

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PMID38170392
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