Histopathologic Overlap between Fibrosing Mediastinitis and IgG4-Related Disease

<table>Number of IgG4-positive plasma cells and the corresponding IgG4<sup>+</sup>/IgG<sup>+</sup> ratios in FM patients (<svg height="11.125" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-0.1638pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 44.400002 11.125" width="44.400002" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>, 3 patients had no IgG4 positive plasma cells).</table>

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Figure 2: Histopathologic Overlap between Fibrosing Mediastinitis and IgG4-Related Disease 