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Sjögren's syndrome in a 25-year-old female: A case study

Author(s) -

Bacem A.E.O. Khalele

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

future dental journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2314-7199

pISSN - 2314-7180

DOI - 10.1016/j.fdj.2016.10.001

Subject(s) - lymphocytic infiltration , pathological , pathogenesis , medicine , hormone , infiltration (hvac) , immunology , dermatology , pathology , physics , thermodynamics

Sjögren syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune epithelitis characterized by lymphocytic glandular infiltration and various extraglandular manifestations. SS is usually encountered in middle-aged females (>50 years). Immunological, viral, hereditary, environmental and hormonal etiologic factors are controversially proposed with regard to the pathogenesis of SS with no upper hand given. The present study reports an atypical case of SS in a 25-year-old female who was closely followed up for three years. Being pregnant in 2015, SS ran a total remission course but did relapse more aggressively after delivery. Immunologically implicating, the possible interpretation, which may account for such a pathological fluctuation, is also tackled

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