A Rare Case of Retroperitoneal Tumefactive Fibroinflammatory Lesion Related to IgG4-Sclerosing Disease

Cureus. 2024 Jun 8;16(6):e61968. doi: 10.7759/cureus.61968. eCollection 2024 Jun.

Abstract

We present a unique case of a retroperitoneal tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesion related to IgG4-sclerosing disease; it is a rare manifestation of the IgG4-related disease, which usually causes diffuse fibrosis when located in the retroperitoneum, rather than mass-like lesions. A 49-year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of abdominal pain and vomiting. Subsequent testing with abdominal ultrasound, CT, and MRI revealed a large retroperitoneal mass of unknown origin, heterogenous, with a concentric circles pattern best visualized in MRI. The lesion was resected, and the histological and immunohistochemical studies revealed an IgG4-related tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesion of the retroperitoneum.

Keywords: fibroinflammatory tumor; igg4-related disease; retroperitoneal mass; retroperitoneum; tumefactive lesions.

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