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Endocrine Pathology
Published in: Endocrine Pathology 3/2018

01-09-2018

IgG4-Associated Adrenalitis—a Case Report

Authors: Wolfgang Saeger, Bernd Lohe, Christina Luise Engels, Ulrike Werner

Published in: Endocrine Pathology | Issue 3/2018

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Abstract

A 67-year-old man was adrenalectomized due to a tumor measuring 100 mm. Specimens revealed an inflammation with slight fibrosis and moderate infiltrates of lymphocytes and plasmacytes with immunoreactivity for IgG and IgG4 resulting in the diagnosis of an active IgG4-associated adrenalitis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported active adrenalitis of this type. It should be the precursor lesion of the adrenal calcifying fibrous tumor that was reported once before.
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Metadata
Title
IgG4-Associated Adrenalitis—a Case Report
Authors
Wolfgang Saeger
Bernd Lohe
Christina Luise Engels
Ulrike Werner
Publication date
01-09-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Endocrine Pathology / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1046-3976
Electronic ISSN: 1559-0097
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-018-9531-x

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