IgG4-related disease presenting as a submucosal tumor of the stomach resected with laparoscopic endoscopic cooperative surgery: a case report

Abstract Background IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated disorder in which abundant IgG4-positive plasma cells infiltrate affected organs. There have been reported four cases of probable IgG4-RD presenting as a submucosal tumor of the stomach. We herein report the first case of defin...

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Main Authors: Taishi Yamane, Kojiro Eto, Takeshi Morinaga, Kazuki Matsumura, Kohei Yamashita, Ryuma Tokunaga, Kazuto Harada, Yukiharu Hiyoshi, Yohei Nagai, Masaki Iwatsuki, Shiro Iwagami, Yuji Miyamoto, Naoya Yoshida, Hideo Baba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-05-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-00851-8