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'''Sjögren syndrome''', also '''Sjögren disease''', is a disease that keeps rheumatologists busy.  Sjögren is also spelled '''Sjoegren''' and '''Sjogren'''.
'''Sjögren syndrome''', also '''Sjögren disease''', is a disease that keeps [[rheumatology|rheumatologists]] busy.  Sjögren is also spelled '''Sjoegren''' and '''Sjogren'''.
 
The syndrome may be part of another [[connective tissue disorder]], e.g. [[rheumatoid arthritis]], in which case it is called ''secondary Sjögren syndrome''.<ref name=pmid1703737>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Celenligil | first1 = H. | last2 = Kansu | first2 = E. | last3 = Ruacan | first3 = S. | last4 = Eratalay | first4 = K. | last5 = Irkeç | first5 = M. | title = Characterization of peripheral blood and salivary gland lymphocytes in secondary Sjögren's syndrome. | journal = Ann Dent | volume = 49 | issue = 2 | pages = 18-22 | month =  | year = 1990 | doi =  | PMID = 1703737 }}</ref>


==General==
==General==
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Features ([[salivary gland]]):<ref name=pmid19323360/>
Features ([[salivary gland]]):<ref name=pmid19323360/>
*Lymphocytic infiltration - '''key feature'''.
*Lymphocytic infiltration - '''key feature'''.
*+/-Atrophy of salivary gland.
*Viable [[salivary gland]] or [[lacrimal gland]] acini.
*+/-[[Plasma cell]]s.
*+/-Fibrosis.
*+/-Fibrosis.


DDx:
DDx:
*[[MALT lymphoma]].
*[[MALT lymphoma]].
Note:
*Diagnosis is based on clinicopathologic correlation; the histology alone is insufficient.
Images:
*[http://img.medscape.com/pi/emed/ckb/rheumatology/329097-1339496-332125-1582482.jpg Sjögren syndrome (medscape.com)].<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332125-workup#aw2aab6b5b6aa http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332125-workup#aw2aab6b5b6aa]. Accessed on: 24 July 2012.</ref>
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogren_syndrome_%281%29.jpg SS - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sjogren_syndrome_%282%29.jpg SS - high mag. (WC)].
===Grading===
Lesions can be graded with the ''Chisholm-Mason classification''.<ref name=pmid15956090>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ramos-Casals | first1 = M. | last2 = Font | first2 = J. | title = Primary Sjögren's syndrome: current and emergent aetiopathogenic concepts. | journal = Rheumatology (Oxford) | volume = 44 | issue = 11 | pages = 1354-67 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1093/rheumatology/keh714 | PMID = 15956090 | url = http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/44/11/1354.long }}</ref> It is based on assessing 4 mm<sup>2</sup> area of salivary gland tissue and depends on the abundance and aggregation of lymphocytes as follows:<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chisholm | first1 = DM. | last2 = Mason | first2 = DK. | title = Labial salivary gland biopsy in Sjögren's disease. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 21 | issue = 5 | pages = 656-60 | month = Sep | year = 1968 | doi =  | PMID = 5697370 | PMC = 473887 | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC473887/?tool=pubmed }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Grade
!Lymphocytes
|-
| 0
| absent
|-
| 1
| slight infiltrate
|-
| 2
| moderate infiltrate or less than one focus †
|-
| 3
| one focus †
|-
| 4
| more than one focus †
|}
† Focus = aggregrate of 50 lymphocytes.


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}
{{Reflist|2}}


[[Category:Clinical]]
[[Category:Clinical]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Syndromes]]
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