IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis in the absence of autoimmune pancreatitis mimicking extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

References

• Kamisawa T, Funata N, Hayashi Y, Eishi Y, Koike M, Tsuruta K, et al. A new clinicopathological entity of IgG4-related autoimmune disease. J Gastroenterol 2003;38:982–4.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ghazale A, Chari ST, Zhang L, Smyrk TC, Takahashi N, Levy MJ, et al. Immunoglobulin G4-associated cholangitis: clinical profile and response to therapy. Gastroenterology 2008;134:706–15.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chari ST, Smyrk TC, Levy MJ, Topazian MD, Takahashi N, Zhang L, et al. Diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis: the Mayo Clinic experience. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006;4:1010–16; quiz 934.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Detlefsen S. IgG4-related disease: a systemic condition with characteristic microscopic features. Histol Histopathol 2013;28:565–84.
   Google Scholar
• Yoshida K, Toki F, Takeuchi T, Watanabe S, Shiratori K, Hayashi N. Chronic pancreatitis caused by an autoimmune abnormality. Proposal of the concept of autoimmune pancreatitis. Dig Dis Sci 1995;40:1561–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zen Y, Bogdanos DP, Kawa S. Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2011;6:82.
   Google Scholar
• Park DH, Kim MH, Chari ST. Recent advances in autoimmune pancreatitis. Gut 2009;58:1680–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Finkelberg DL, Sahani D, Deshpande V, Brugge WR. Autoimmune pancreatitis. N Engl J Med 2006;355:2670–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deshpande V. The pathology of IgG4-related disease: critical issues and challenges. Semin Diagn Pathol 2012;29:191–6.
   Google Scholar
• Erdogan D, Kloek JJ, ten Kate FJ, Rauws EA, Busch OR, Gouma DJ, et al. Immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing cholangitis in patients resected for presumed malignant bile duct strictures. Br J Surg 2008;95:727–34.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Zen Y, Harada K, Sasaki M, Sato Y, Tsuneyama K, Haratake J, et al. IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis with and without hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor, and sclerosing pancreatitis-associated sclerosing cholangitis: Do they belong to a spectrum of sclerosing pancreatitis? Am J Surg Pathol 2004;28:1193–203.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sawai H, Matsubayashi H, Sasaki K, Tanaka M, Kakushima N, Takizawa K, et al. A case of sclerosing cholangitis without pancreatic involvement thought to be associated with autoimmunity. Intern Med 2011;50:433–8.
   Google Scholar
• Chung DT, Tang CN, Lai EC, Yang GP, Li MK. Immunoglobulin G4-associated sclerosing cholangitis mimicking cholangiocarcinoma. Hong Kong Med J 2010;16:149–52.
   Google Scholar
• Lee YS, Lee SH, Lee MG, Lee SJ, Hwang JH, Shin E, et al. Immunoglobulin g4-related disease mimicking unresectable gallbladder cancer. Gut Liver 2013;7:616–20.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Matsubayashi H, Uesaka K, Sugiura T, Ohgi K, Sasaki K, Ono H. IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis without obvious pancreatic lesion: difficulty in differential diagnosis. J Dig Dis 2014;15:394–403.
   Google Scholar
• Nguyen-tat M, Gamstatter T, Marquardt JU, Geissinger E, Schadmand-Fischer S, Lang H, et al. IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis mimicking cholangiocarcinoma. Z Gastroenterol 2012;50:1008–12.
   Google Scholar
• Tanaka A, Tazuma S, Okazaki K, Tsubouchi H, Inui K, Takikawa H. Nationwide survey for primary sclerosing cholangitis and IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis in Japan. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2014;21:43–50.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sivakumaran Y, Le Page PA, Becerril-Martinez G, Beasley WD, Anderson LA, Joseph DM, et al. IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis: the cholangiocarcinoma mimic. ANZ J Surg 2014;84:486–7.
   Google Scholar
• Zen Y, Grammatikopoulos T, Heneghan MA, Vergani D, Mieli-Vergani G, Portmann BC. Sclerosing cholangitis with granulocytic epithelial lesion: a benign form of sclerosing cholangiopathy. Am J Surg Pathol 2012;36:1555–61.
   Google Scholar
• Umehara H, Okazaki K, Masaki Y, Kawano M, Yamamoto M, Saeki T, et al. Comprehensive diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), 2011. Mod Rheumatol 2012;22:21–30.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Okazaki K, Uchida K, Koyabu M, Miyoshi H, Takaoka M. Recent advances in the concept and diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis and IgG4-related disease. J Gastroenterol 2011;46:277–88.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deshpande V, Sainani NI, Chung RT, Pratt DS, Mentha G, Rubbia-Brandt L, et al. IgG4-associated cholangitis: a comparative histological and immunophenotypic study with primary sclerosing cholangitis on liver biopsy material. Mod Pathol 2009;22:1287–95.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tokala A, Khalili K, Menezes R, Hirschfield G, Jhaveri KS. Comparative MRI analysis of morphologic patterns of bile duct disease in IgG4-related systemic disease versus primary sclerosing cholangitis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2014;202:536–43.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hamano H, Kawa S, Horiuchi A, Unno H, Furuya N, Akamatsu T, et al. High serum IgG4 concentrations in patients with sclerosing pancreatitis. N Engl J Med 2001;344:732–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Oseini AM, Chaiteerakij R, Shire AM, Ghazale A, Kaiya J, Moser CD, et al. Utility of serum immunoglobulin G4 in distinguishing immunoglobulin G4-associated cholangitis from cholangiocarcinoma. Hepatology 2011;54:940–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harada K, Shimoda S, Kimura Y, Sato Y, Ikeda H, Igarashi S, et al. Significance of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-positive cells in extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: molecular mechanism of IgG4 reaction in cancer tissue. Hepatology 2012;56:157–64.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mendes F, Lindor KD. Primary sclerosing cholangitis: overview and update. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010;7:611–19.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Schrumpf E, Boberg KM. Epidemiology of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2001;15:553–62.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bjornsson E, Chari ST, Smyrk TC, Lindor K. Immunoglobulin G4 associated cholangitis: description of an emerging clinical entity based on review of the literature. Hepatology 2007;45:1547–54.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mendes FD, Jorgensen R, Keach J, Katzmann JA, Smyrk T, Donlinger J, et al. Elevated serum IgG4 concentration in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Am J Gastroenterol 2006;101:2070–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang L, Lewis JT, Abraham SC, Smyrk TC, Leung S, Chari ST, et al. IgG4+ plasma cell infiltrates in liver explants with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Am J Surg Pathol 2010;34:88–94.
   Google Scholar
• Bjornsson E, Chari S, Silveira M, Gossard A, Takahashi N, Smyrk T, et al. Primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with elevated immunoglobulin G4: clinical characteristics and response to therapy. Am J Ther 2011;18:198–205.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kojima E, Kimura K, Noda Y, Kobayashi G, Itoh K, Fujita N. Autoimmune pancreatitis and multiple bile duct strictures treated effectively with steroid. J Gastroenterol 2003;38:603–7.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nishino T, Toki F, Oyama H, Oi I, Kobayashi M, Takasaki K, et al. Biliary tract involvement in autoimmune pancreatitis. Pancreas 2005;30:76–82.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar