Talk:Sjögren syndrome
Negative biopsy
Minor Salivary Gland (Site Not Further Specified), Biopsy:
- Benign minor salivary gland with mild chronic inflammation,
plasma cell predominant.
- Focus score less than one; NOT SUGGESTIVE of Sjoegren's disease.
Comment:
Estimated area of salivary gland: 20 mm*mm.
Number of foci (~50 lymphocytes): 0.
Plasma cells: predominant (>50%).
Fibrosis: minimal.
Focus score (number of foci / area x 4 mm*mm) = < 1.