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The '''lacrimal gland''' is a thingy that sits beside the eye.  It is tubuloacinar serous gland.<ref name="10.5772/intechopen.84380">URL: [https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands]. Accessed on: 13 April 2021. [[doi: 10.5772/intechopen.84380]].</ref> It is similar to minor [[salivary gland]]s and develops the same tumours.<ref name=pmid18772674>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bernardini | first1 = FP. | last2 = Devoto | first2 = MH. | last3 = Croxatto | first3 = JO. | title = Epithelial tumors of the lacrimal gland: an update. | journal = Curr Opin Ophthalmol | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 409-13 | month = Sep | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32830b13e1 | PMID = 18772674 }}</ref>
The '''lacrimal gland''' is a gland that sits beside the [[eye]]. It is similar to minor [[salivary gland]]s and develops the same tumours.<ref name=pmid18772674>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bernardini | first1 = FP. | last2 = Devoto | first2 = MH. | last3 = Croxatto | first3 = JO. | title = Epithelial tumors of the lacrimal gland: an update. | journal = Curr Opin Ophthalmol | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 409-13 | month = Sep | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32830b13e1 | PMID = 18772674 }}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name="10.5772/intechopen.84380">URL: [https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands]. Accessed on: 13 April 2021. [[doi: 10.5772/intechopen.84380]].</ref>  
Features:<ref name="10.5772/intechopen.84380">URL: [https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands]. Accessed on: 13 April 2021. [[doi: 10.5772/intechopen.84380]].</ref>  
*Tubuloacinar serous gland.
*Tubuloacinar gland.


==Sjögren's syndrome==  
==Sjögren's syndrome==  

Revision as of 14:12, 13 April 2021

The lacrimal gland is a gland that sits beside the eye. It is similar to minor salivary glands and develops the same tumours.[1]

Microscopic

Features:[2]

  • Tubuloacinar gland.

Sjögren's syndrome

  • Autoimmune disease.

Serology:[3]

  • SS-A/Ro.
  • SS-B/La.

See also

References

  1. Bernardini, FP.; Devoto, MH.; Croxatto, JO. (Sep 2008). "Epithelial tumors of the lacrimal gland: an update.". Curr Opin Ophthalmol 19 (5): 409-13. doi:10.1097/ICU.0b013e32830b13e1. PMID 18772674.
  2. URL: https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands. Accessed on: 13 April 2021. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.84380.
  3. Hayashi, T. (2011). "Dysfunction of lacrimal and salivary glands in Sjögren's syndrome: nonimmunologic injury in preinflammatory phase and mouse model.". J Biomed Biotechnol 2011: 407031. doi:10.1155/2011/407031. PMID 21660135.