Table 1

Range of diseases with elevated serum IgG4 levels

Final diagnosesNumber of cases (n=190)
Definite IgG4-RD27
Probable IgG4-RD38
Chronic sinusitis46
Recurrent pneumonia29
Immunodeficiency10
 IgG deficiency4
 IgA deficiency3
 Common variable immunodeficiency2
 CD4 lymphocytopenia1
Connective tissue disease11
 Sjögren's syndrome3
 Mixed connective tissue disease2
 Undifferentiated vasculitis2
 Systemic lupus erythematosus1
 Churg–Strauss syndrome1
 Behcet's syndrome1
 Rheumatoid arthritis1
Pancreato-biliary disease9
 Alcoholic pancreatitis2
 Alcoholic hepatitis1
 Autoimmune hepatitis1
 Cholangiocarcinoma1
 Choledocholithiasis1
 Cholestatic hepatopathy1
 Cholestatic hepatopathy1
 Steatohepatitis1
Interstitial lung disease5
 Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis2
 Pulmonary sarcoidosis2
 Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis1
Infectious disease4
 Invasive aspergillosis1
 Osteomyelitis1
 Recurrent infection1
 Recurrent otitis media1
Aortitis3
 Abdominal aortitis2
 Retroperitoneal fibrosis (asbestos)1
Leukemia2
 Acute lymphoblastic leukemia1
 Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia1
Miscellaneous6
 Chronic sialadenitis1
 Haemochromatosis1
 Hypereosinophilic syndrome1
 Pachymeningitis (idiopathic)1
 Pompe disease1
 Small-fiber neuropathy1