Table 1

Conditions once viewed as separate disease entities and now recognised as a manifestation of immunoglobulin G subclass 4-related disease (adapted from Khosroshahi and Stone2)

Original terminologyOrgan target
Autoimmune pancreatitisPancreas
Sclerosing cholangitisBiliary tree
Mikulicz's syndromeSalivary and lacrimal glands
Kuttner's tumourSubmandibular glands
Riedel's thyroiditisThyroid
Retroperitoneal fibrosis (Ormond's disease)Retro peritoneum
Mediastinal fibrosisMediastinum
Chronic sclerosing aortitisAorta
Inflammatory abdominal aortitisAbdominal aorta
Orbital pseudotumourOrbital adnexa
Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosisOrbits, sinuses and nasal cavities
Multifocal fibrosclerosisOrbits, thyroid gland, retroperitoneum, mediastinum and other tissues
Idiopathic hypocomplementaemic tubulointerstitial nephritis with extensive tubulointerstitial depositsKidney