Fractures: The opening batsmen of an autoimmune disease

Renal involvement is a well-known extraglandular manifestation of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). Most of the manifestations are related to tubular dysfunction. Metabolic bone disease rarely occurs as the first manifestation of a renal tubule disorder due to pSS. Here, we present a 28-year-ol...

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Main Authors: K Ravi, K R Chaitra
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:APIK Journal of Internal Medicine
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Acceso en liña:http://www.ajim.in/article.asp?issn=2666-1802;year=2020;volume=8;issue=3;spage=139;epage=141;aulast=Ravi
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Summary:Renal involvement is a well-known extraglandular manifestation of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS). Most of the manifestations are related to tubular dysfunction. Metabolic bone disease rarely occurs as the first manifestation of a renal tubule disorder due to pSS. Here, we present a 28-year-old female patient whose first presentation of pSS was with multiple skeletal fractures caused by renal tubular dysfunction. Clinicians should always search for the evidence for Sjögren's syndrome in adult patients with unexplained osteomalacia and renal tubular acidosis, even in the absence of sicca syndrome.
ISSN:2666-1802
2666-1810