Usefulness of ultrasonography to assess the response to steroidal therapy for the rare case of type 2b immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing cholangitis without pancreatitis: A case report

Table 1 Results of laboratory investigation

Hematology		Biochemistry
WBC	6260 × 106/μL	TP	7.9 g/dL	IgG	1850 mg/dL
Neutro	49.3%	Alb	3.6 g/dL	IgA	457 mg/dL
Lymp	34.0%	BUN	18 mg/dL	IgM	42 mg/dL
Eos.	9.4%	Cre	1.1 mg/dL	IgG4	255 mg/dL
Bas.	0.5%	T-Bil	0.9 mg/dL	CEA	1.9 ng/mL
Mon.	6.8%	D-Bil	0.2 mg/dL	CA19-9	59 IU/mL
RBC	453 × 104 /μL	AST	75 IU/L
Hb	13.7 g/dL	ALT	77 IU/L
Ht.	40.5%	ALP	1060 IU/L
Plt.	11.7 × 104 /μL	LDH	222 IU/L
		γ-GTP	1160 IU/L
		ChE	167 IU/L
		Na	140 mEq/L
		K	4.2 mEq/L
		Cl	106 mEq/L
Coagulation		P	3.7 mg/dL
PT%	113%	Ca	9.4 mg/dL
PT-INR	0.93	CRP	3.9 mg/dL
APTT	28.4 s	FBS	90 mg/dL
		HbA1c	5.7%
		TG	90 mg/dL
		HDL-C	66 mg/dL
		LDL-C	79 mg/dL

WBC: White blood cell; RBC: Red blood cell; Hb: Hemoglobinopathy; Plt: Platelets; PT: Prothrombin time; APTT: Activated partial thromboplastin time; TP: Total Protein; BUN: Blood Urea Nitrogen; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase; GTP: Guanosine triphosphate; CRP: C-reactive protein; FBS: Fasting blood sugar; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c; TG: Triglyceride; HDL-C: High-density lipoproteincholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; IgG: Immunoglobulin G; CA19-9: Carbohydrate antigen 19-9.