Coexisting primary Sjögren’s syndrome and sarcoidosis: coincidence, mutually exclusive conditions or syndrome? | Zendy

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Coexisting primary Sjögren’s syndrome and sarcoidosis: coincidence, mutually exclusive conditions or syndrome?

Author(s) -

Tânia Santiago,

Mariana B. Santiago,

João Rovisco,

Joana Ferreira,

Cátia Duarte,

Armando Malcata,

José António Pereira da Silva

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

rheumatology international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.806

H-Index - 74

eISSN - 1437-160X

pISSN - 0172-8172

DOI - 10.1007/s00296-014-3024-0

Subject(s) - medicine , sarcoidosis , rheumatology , differential diagnosis , dermatology , pathology

Herein, we describe a 44-year-old female diagnosed with histologically proven coexistence of primary Sjögren's syndrome and sarcoidosis with pulmonary and muscular involvement. The differential diagnosis may be difficult, but this is not an exceptional case, which highlights the need to critically revise the consideration of sarcoidosis as an exclusion for primary Sjögren's syndrome, as established in current classification criteria.

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