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Imaging Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Published on: June 16, 2020
[Sicca syndrome in sarcoidosis--an overlap syndrome?]
D Kirsten1, J Glombitza, S Ebner
1Zentralklinik für Herz- und Lungenkrankheiten Bad Berka, DDR.
Abstract:
This is a case report on a 66-year old woman who suffered from chronic polyarthritis for 15 years and developed a sicca syndrome pattern for 2 years. 2 years later epithelioid cell granulomas were found from a submandibular lymph node as well as from a suspicious area at the epiglottis and the mucosa of the upper lip. Moreover, there was a chronic keratoconjunctivitis and discrete lung involvement. The sarcoidosis on the lip and at the epiglottis disappeared, and lung involvement and conjunctivitis improved under corticosteroid therapy. In spite of above therapy, the sicca syndrome pattern and the rheumatic complaints (osteoporosis) persisted.
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