Open AccessSerum-negative Sjogren's syndrome with minimal lesion nephropathy as the initial presentation: A case report
Author(s) -
Chunyan Li,
Yi-Man Li,
Mei Tian
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i14.4625
Subject(s) - medicine , autoantibody , nephropathy , salivary gland , lesion , autoimmune disease , exocrine gland , pathology , biopsy , renal biopsy , presentation (obstetrics) , gastroenterology , disease , dermatology , immunology , antibody , endocrinology , surgery , diabetes mellitus , secretion
Primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease, and renal involvement has been considered to be one of the systemic complications of pSS. Patients who have sjogren's syndrome with renal disease as the first manifestation and no exocrine gland involvement or autoantibodies can be missed clinically.