
pmid: 22368140
Swelling of the salivary glands is often an initial sign of immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4)-related disease or IgG4-related sclerosing/autoimmune disease. We encountered 2 patients with IgG4-related disease who showed swollen submandibular glands with a unique characteristic sonographic pattern. Bilateral submandibular glands of both patients were enlarged with a smooth contour. The internal echo texture indicated multiple hypoechoic foci scattered against a heterogeneous background, which characteristically appeared with a mottled or irregular netlike appearance. A histopathologic examination of a resected section showed multiple foci of dense infiltrated lymphoplasmacytic cells and lymph follicles encircled by fibrous bands. A mottled appearance in the sonographic findings of the submandibular glands suggests the characteristic of IgG4-related disease and can be helpful in the differential diagnosis at the initial manifestation.
Aged, 80 and over, Diagnosis, Differential, Male, Immunoglobulin G, Submandibular Gland, Submandibular Gland Diseases, Humans, Middle Aged, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color, Autoimmune Diseases
Aged, 80 and over, Diagnosis, Differential, Male, Immunoglobulin G, Submandibular Gland, Submandibular Gland Diseases, Humans, Middle Aged, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color, Autoimmune Diseases
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