IgG4-Related Disease of the Pharynx with Spontaneous Regression

Published in American Journal of Medicine, 2022

Shen-Han Lee 1,*, Rohaizam Jaafar 2, Nurul Akmar Misron 3, Zulkifli Yusof 4

1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.
2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
3 Department of Pathology, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.
4 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.
* Corresponding author: shen-han.lee@cantab.net

We report a rare case of a patient with IgG4-RD of the pharynx that spontaneously regressed without treatment. This is the first report of spontaneous regression of IgG4-RD of the upper aerodigestive tract.

Copyright: © 2022 Elsevier Inc.

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.06.004

Recommended citation: Lee SH, Jaafar R, Misron NA, Yusof Z. (2022). "IgG4-Related Disease of the Pharynx with Spontaneous Regression." American Journal of Medicine. 135(11):e420-e422.
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