Chronic Sclerosing Sialadenitis (Küttner Tumor) Is an IgG4-associated Disease
- 1 February 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
- Vol. 34 (2), 202-210
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pas.0b013e3181c811ad
Abstract
Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis is a fibroinflammatory disease of the salivary glands, characteristically of the submandibular gland. One prior Asian study proposed that chronic sclerosing sialadenitis is a part of the spectrum of IgG4-associated disease. This association has not been confirmed in Western populations. We therefore, investigated the relationship between IgG4 and chronic sclerosing sialadenitis, and compared the histomorphologic features of this condition with those of chronic sialadenitis-not otherwise specified, Sjögren syndrome, and lymphoepithelial sialadenitis. We evaluated 13 cases of chronic sclerosing sialadenitis and compared them with 15 cases of chronic sialadenitis-not otherwise specified, 8 lip biopsies from individuals with Sjögren syndrome, and 4 cases of lymphoepithelial sialadenitis. Immunohistochemistry for IgG, and IgG4 was carried out. IgG4-positive plasma cells were quantified and the IgG4/IgG ratio was calculated. Seven patients with chronic sclerosing sialadenitis were female and 6 were male. Their mean age was 61 years (range: 27 to 80). Twelve chronic sclerosing sialadenitis cases involved the submandibular gland (bilaterally in 3) and in 1 there was a parotid lesion. Three of these 12 cases had manifestations of IgG4-associated systemic disease. Morphologically these specimens had preservation of lobular architecture, hypercellular interlobular fibrosis, florid lymphoid hyperplasia, and numerous plasma cells. Obliterative phlebitis was observed in 6 cases. The histologic features of chronic sclerosing sialadenitis were reminiscent of autoimmune pancreatitis, and were either not observed or were present only focally in cases of chronic sialadenitis, Sjögren syndrome, and lymphoepithelial sialadenitis. Eleven of 12 evaluable cases showed an increased number of IgG4 plasma cells with a mean of 229/high-power field (HPF) (range 75 to 608) and an overall IgG4/IgG ratio of 0.86 (range 0.5 to 1). The only patient whose biopsy lacked IgG4-positive plasma cells had pathologic evidence of cytomegalovirus infection. Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis cases, in comparison with the other 3 groups studied, showed a significantly higher number of IgG4 positive plasma cells (PConclusion Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis has a characteristic morphologic appearance. This morphologic appearance, in conjunction with the elevated IgG4 expression, distinguishes chronic sclerosing sialadenitis from other inflammatory diseases of the salivary glands. Chronic sclerosing sialadenitis belongs to the spectrum of IgG4-related diseases.Keywords
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