Open AccessUsefulness of ultrasonography to assess the response to steroidal therapy for the rare case of type 2b immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing cholangitis without pancreatitis: A case report
Author(s) -
Yuto Tanaka,
Kenya Kamimura,
Ryota Nakamura,
Marina Ohkoshi-Yamada,
Yohei Koseki,
Takeshi Mizusawa,
Satoshi Ikarashi,
Kazunao Hayashi,
Hiroki Sato,
Akira Sakamaki,
Junji Yokoyama,
Shuji Terai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i22.5821
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , pancreatitis , antibody , autoimmune pancreatitis , radiology , gastroenterology , immunology
A type 2b immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related sclerosing cholangitis (SC) without autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare condition with IgG4-SC. While the variety of the imaging modalities have tested its usefulness in diagnosing the IgG4-SC, however, the usage of ultrasonography for the assessment of the response to steroidal therapy on the changes of bile duct wall thickness have not been reported in the condition. Therefore, the information of our recent case and reported cases have been summarized.