IgG4-related Disease with a Cardiac Mass

Abstract

A 69-year-old man with palpitations and decreased blood pressure was referred. Echocardiography showed a mass in the right atrium and cardiac septum. The serum IgG4 level was 1,450 mg/dL. A biopsy of the cardiac mass showed fibrosis with inflammatory cells and increased IgG4-positive plasma cells and lymphocytes. Flow cytometry and polymerase chain reaction of the immunoglobulin heavy chain did not demonstrate monoclonality. He was diagnosed with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). IgG4-RD with a cardiac mass is rare and it is difficult to distinguish it from malignant lymphoma by a pathological examination alone. We therefore performed a biopsy and analyzed the clonality in order to make an accurate diagnosis of IgG4-RD.