Thirty-four (52.3 %) of the 65 IgG4ROD patients had lesions in areas other than LG. Lesions were found in the trigeminal nerve branch including pterygopalatine fossa, extraocular muscles, orbital fat, eyelid, and nasolacrimal duct.
A 41-year-old man was diagnosed with immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) in both eyelids 4 years ago and exhibited good response to steroid therapy. However, rapid swelling of the right eyelid lesion was recently observed. As IgG4-RD progression was suspected, biopsy was performed. Although the histology was consistent with IgG4-RD, the infiltrating large atypical lymphoid cells showed immunoglobulin light-chain restriction and IgH gene rearrangement. Consequently, he was diagnosed with extranodal marginal zone lymphoma with abundant IgG4-positive cells.
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