Table 1.

Clinicopathological features of IgG4-related pleuritis

Case No.	Age	Gender	Initial presentation	Location	Associated diseases	Serum IgG-4 (mg/dL)	Steroid treatment	Reference
1	65	Male	Pleural effusion and swelling of the mediastinal lymph nodes	Left pleural effusion, lung nodules, and mediastinal lymph node swelling.	Mikulicz’s disease	1,194	Effective	[33]
2	63	Female	Dyspnea	Bilateral pleural and pericardium effusions with pericardial thickening. Mediastinal lymph node swelling.	Autoimmune pancreatitis, Hashimoto thyroiditis	420	Effective	[34]
3	74	Male	Dyspnea	Pleural effusion, nodular lesion in the lung, as well as extensive pleural thickening and adhesion.	None	Not available	Not available	[25]
4-8	49-76	Males	Not available	Pleura in 4 cases, lung and pleura in 1 case.	3/5 cases (+).	Not available	Not available	[24]
9	78	Male	General fatigue and fever	Bilateral pleural effusion and thickening.	None	483	Not performed	[26]
10	29	Female	Chest pain and dyspnea	Bilateral pleural thickening and effusion	None	136	Effective	[35]
Present case	71	Female	Cough and difficulty in breathing	Pleural thickening and effusion, pericardial thickening and effusion, and mediastinal lymph node swelling.	None	684	Effective