Abstract
Aim: Several studies have implicated increased risk of malignancy in patients with immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Hence, we first evaluated the risk and the type of malignancy in Korean IgG4-RD patients. Method: Clinical and laboratory results of patients fulfilling the comprehensive diagnostic criteria for IgG4-RD were retrospectively collected between January 2006 and November 2015. One hundred and eighteen patients were included, and 35 were classified as having definite, 83 as possible/probable IgG4-RD. We compared baseline clinical and laboratory variables between patients with definite and those with possible/probable IgG4-RD and calculated standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) for malignancies. Results: The median age was 60 years old and 91 patients (77.1%) were male. Malignancies were found in 12 of 118 patients (10.1%), and lymphoma (4, 25.0%) was the most frequent malignancy related to IgG4-RD. Definite IgG4-RD patients had higher serum IgG levels and frequent multiple organ involvement. The overall incidence of malignancy was increased in patients with IgG4-RD compared to the general population (SIR 23.08 [95% CI 11.92–40.31]), and the overall risk of SIRs was highest in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (SIR 400.00 [95% CI 109.00–1024.00]). Conclusion: Our data showed that increased risk of malignancy, especially lymphomas, was observed in Korean IgG4-RD patients.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1028-1035 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 Aug |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by a grant from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2012R1A1A1002580).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Rheumatology