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SLE presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome

A 38-year-old woman presented with rightsided parotid swelling, dry mouth and dry eyes of one year duration. Her Schirmer’s test and sialometry were positive and histopathology showed lymphoplasmacytic infiltration. She al so had concomi tant normochromic , normocytic anaemia and mild haematur...

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Main Authors: Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah, H, Heselynn
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Language:English
Published: Singapore Medical Association 2007
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spelling my.iium.irep.170572015-09-14T04:14:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17057/ SLE presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah H, Heselynn R Medicine (General) A 38-year-old woman presented with rightsided parotid swelling, dry mouth and dry eyes of one year duration. Her Schirmer’s test and sialometry were positive and histopathology showed lymphoplasmacytic infiltration. She al so had concomi tant normochromic , normocytic anaemia and mild haematuria. Her anti-nuclear antibody titre was also positive, 1:640, with a speckled pattern on immunofluorescence. We discuss the atypical presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus, particularly parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome. Singapore Medical Association 2007 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17057/1/SLE_presenting_as_parotitis.pdf Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah and H, Heselynn (2007) SLE presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome. Singapore Medical Journal. ISSN 0037-5675 http://smj.sma.org.sg/smjcurrent.html
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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SLE presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome
description A 38-year-old woman presented with rightsided parotid swelling, dry mouth and dry eyes of one year duration. Her Schirmer’s test and sialometry were positive and histopathology showed lymphoplasmacytic infiltration. She al so had concomi tant normochromic , normocytic anaemia and mild haematuria. Her anti-nuclear antibody titre was also positive, 1:640, with a speckled pattern on immunofluorescence. We discuss the atypical presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus, particularly parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome.
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author Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah
H, Heselynn
author_facet Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah
H, Heselynn
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title SLE presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome
title_short SLE presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome
title_full SLE presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome
title_fullStr SLE presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome
title_full_unstemmed SLE presenting as parotitis and secondary Sjogren’s syndrome
title_sort sle presenting as parotitis and secondary sjogren’s syndrome
publisher Singapore Medical Association
publishDate 2007
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/17057/1/SLE_presenting_as_parotitis.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/17057/
http://smj.sma.org.sg/smjcurrent.html
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