Sarcoidosis in a patient presenting with clinical and histological features of primary Sjögren's syndrome

A patient presenting with bilateral enlargement of parotid and lacrimal glands, xerostomia, and keratoconjunctiva sicca, whose labial biopsy specimen showed changes consistent with Sjögren's syndrome, is described. The patient was initially misdiagnosed as having primary Sjögren's syndrome...

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Published in:Annals of the rheumatic diseases 1988-02, Vol.47 (2), p.166-168
Main Authors: Melsom, R D, Speight, P M, Ryan, J, Perry, J D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lip - pathology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Salivary Glands - pathology
Sarcoidosis - diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - pathology
Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis
Sjogren's Syndrome - diagnosis
Sjogren's Syndrome - pathology
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Summary:A patient presenting with bilateral enlargement of parotid and lacrimal glands, xerostomia, and keratoconjunctiva sicca, whose labial biopsy specimen showed changes consistent with Sjögren's syndrome, is described. The patient was initially misdiagnosed as having primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Subsequent investigations, however, performed to exclude an associated lymphoma or sarcoidosis, showed histological changes of the latter. The possibility that early infiltrates of the salivary glands in sarcoid may mimic those of SS is discussed.
ISSN:0003-4967
1468-2060
DOI:10.1136/ard.47.2.166