Open AccessNasolacrimal Duct Malignancy or IgG4- Related Disease? A Curious Case Report of a Nasal Vestibular Mass and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Veejie Khoo,
Hillary Sh Jiun Khoo,
Liang Chye Goh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medeniyet medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2149-2042
pISSN - 2149-4606
DOI - 10.5222/mmj.2021.80445
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , nasolacrimal duct , autoimmune pancreatitis , gynecology , pathology , pancreas , gastroenterology , surgery
gG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibro-inflammatory condition associated with tumefactive lesions at multiple sites. IgG4-RD was initially recognized in 2001 in a case of autoimmune pancreatitis. However, the disease was not limited to the pancreas but involved other organs such as the bile ducts, lacrimal glands, lymph nodes and salivary glands. IgG4-RD is rarely seen with an estimated incidence of 0.2 to 1/100.000 as reported in Japan, but with minimal to no incidence data have been published in Western countries. We hereby report a case of an IgG4-related mass arising from the nasolacrimal duct, masquerading as a sinonasal mass.