Inflammatory pseudotumor of eyelid: a probable IgG4-related sclerosing disease clinically mimicking eyelid pilomatrixoma

BMC Ophthalmology

Case Report

Min Joung Lee¹  Youn Joo Choi²  Ho-Kyung Choung³  Namju Kim⁴  Sang In Khwarg⁵  Ji Eun Kim⁶ 

[1] Department of Ophthalmology, Hallym Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea;Department of Ophthalmology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea;Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, 39, Boramae-gil, Dongjak-gu, 156-707, Seoul, Korea;Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea;Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea;Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;Department of Pathology, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea;

关键词: Eyelid;    IgG4-related sclerosing disease;    Ocular adnexa;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12886-015-0004-4

 received in 2014-07-04, accepted in 2015-02-06,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundOcular adnexal IgG4-related sclerosing disease (IgG4-SD) has been categorized as a novel disease entity. It is characterized by stromal sclerosis and an infiltration of mass-forming lymphoplasmic cells containing many IgG4-positive plasma cells. Although ocular adnexal tissue involvement has been increasingly reported, a focal nodular sub-brow mass is not typical in an IgG4-SD presentation. We report a rare case of probable ocular adnexal IgG4-SD that clinically mimicked eyelid pilomatrixoma.Case presentationA 42-year-old woman presented with a nodular mass in her left sub-brow area. The initial clinical impression of her lesion was eyelid pilomatrixoma. However, the final pathologic diagnosis was IgG4–SD, but extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma could not be excluded. The patient underwent testing to determine tumor malignancy and systemic IgG4-SD involvement. Laboratory testing showed normal IgG and IgG4 serum levels and imaging revealed no remarkable findings. Oral prednisolone was administered and slowly tapered to manage the possible remnant lesion and to prevent disease recurrence. Two years after initiating therapy, there was no evidence of relapse. The patient is under close surveillance for signs of recurrence, systemic involvement, and potential malignant transformation.ConclusionsWe found an unusual case of probable ocular adnexal IgG4-SD, which presented as a unilateral restricted mass involving the sub-brow area. Although the mass was surgically removed, systemic steroid treatment and long-term surveillance were initiated due to the possibility of recurrence, the potential association with systemic disease, and the potential development of extranodal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma.

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