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IgG4-related disease (IgG4RD) is a fibroinflammatory condition characterized by swelling in single or multiple organs and the infiltration of IgG4 plasma cells. Herein, we presented two cases. Case 1 is a 38-year-old man with a painless mass in his right postauricular region, and Case 2 is a 36-year-old man with painless lymphadenopathy in his bilateral postauricular region. After surgical excision, they showed good recovery with no relapse. Although Cases 1 and 2 shared several overlapping pathological manifestations, there were a few differences that allowed the differentiation of KD and IgG4RD.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11236887","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,22]],"date-time":"2022-11-22T08:29:58Z","timestamp":1669105798000},"page":"6887","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Comparison of Clinical Manifestations and Pathology between Kimura Disease and IgG4-Related Disease: A Report of Two Cases and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Sing-Ya","family":"Chang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chih-Chun","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Education, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch, Keelung 204, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4902-4401","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ming-Ling","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wen-Chieh","family":"Teng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chao-Yang","family":"Hsiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5906-3917","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Han-Hua","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Meng-Ju","family":"Hsieh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0753-4529","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tien-Ming","family":"Chan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"699","article-title":"Eosinophilic hyperplastic lymphogranuloma, comparison with Mikulicz\u2019s disease","volume":"23","author":"Kimm","year":"1937","journal-title":"Chin. 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