Myelopathy in primary Sjögren's syndrome: diagnostic and therapeutic aspects | Zendy

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Myelopathy in primary Sjögren's syndrome: diagnostic and therapeutic aspects

Author(s) -

Hermisson M.,

Klein R.,

Schmidt F.,

Weller M.,

Küker W.

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

acta neurologica scandinavica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967

H-Index - 95

eISSN - 1600-0404

pISSN - 0001-6314

DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2002.01167.x

Subject(s) - medicine , prednisone , azathioprine , myelopathy , magnetic resonance imaging , dermatology , pathology , gastroenterology , radiology , spinal cord , disease , psychiatry

We report a patient with a myelopathy in primary Sjögren's syndrome, proven by salviary gland biopsy and specific antibodies. Under steroid medication, the patient had a remitting and relapsing clinical course. The severity of clinical symptoms correlated with a transient contrast uptake in spinal magnetic resonance imaging. Under a treatment with azathioprine and prednisone the patient has suffered no relapse within the last 20 months. Although this is only a case report, the combination of azathioprine and prednisone may be a valuable medication in chronic cases of Sjögren's syndrome with neurologic symptoms.

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