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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Oct;64(10):3061–3067. doi: 10.1002/art.34593

Table 3.

Preferred Nomenclature for Individual Organ Manifestations of IgG4-Related Disease.

Organ System/Tissue Preferred Name
Pancreas Type 1 autoimmune pancreatitis (IgG4-related pancreatitis)
Eye IgG4-related ophthalmic disease is the general term for the peri-ocular manifestations of this disease. There are several subsets, outlined below.
Lacrimal glands IgG4-related dacryoadenitis
Orbital soft tissue (orbital inflammatory pseudotumor) IgG4-related orbital inflammation (or IgG4-related orbital inflammatory pseudotumor)
Extra-ocular muscle disease IgG4-related orbital myositis
Orbit with involvement of multiple anatomic structures IgG4-related pan-orbital inflammation (includes lacrimal gland disease, extra-ocular muscle involvement, and other potential intra-orbital complications)
Salivary glands (parotid and submandibular glands) IgG4-related sialadenitis or, more specifically, IgG4-related parotitis or IgG4-related submandibular gland disease
Pachymeninges IgG4-related pachymeningitis
Hypophysis IgG4-related hypophysitis
Thyroid (Riedel’s thyroiditis) IgG4-related thyroiditis
Aorta IgG4-related aortitis/periaortitis
Arteries IgG4-related periarteritis
Mediastinum IgG4-related mediastinitis
Retroperitoneum IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis
Mesentery IgG4-related mesenteritis
Skin IgG4-related skin disease
Lymph node IgG4-related lymphadenopathy
Bile ducts IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis
Gallbladder IgG4-related cholecystitis
Liver IgG4-related hepatopathy (refers to liver involvement that is distinct from biliary tract involvement)
Lung IgG4-related lung disease
Pleura IgG4-related pleuritis
Pericardium IgG4-related pericarditis
Kidney IgG4-related kidney disease. The specific renal complications should be termed tubulointerstitial nephritis secondary to IgG4-RD and membranous glomerulonephritis secondary to IgG4-RD. Involvement of the renal pelvis should be termed IgG4-related renal pyelitis.
Breast IgG4-related mastitis
Prostate IgG4-related prostatitis