An unusual dyspnea in an 87-year old woman affected by Sjögren’s syndrome
Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a progressive autoimmune disease and is characterized by eye and mouth dryness due to lymphocytic infiltration in lacrimal and salivary glands leading to tissue destruction, but it can also present systemic manifestations including lung involvement. Respiratory ma...
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| description | Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a progressive autoimmune disease and is characterized by eye and mouth dryness due to lymphocytic infiltration in lacrimal and salivary glands leading to tissue destruction, but it can also present systemic manifestations including lung involvement. Respiratory manifestations in pSS have a prevalence of 9-20% and can be due to airway and/or lung parenchyma involvement, such as in particular in interstitial lung diseases like lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP). LIP is an inflammatory diffuse parenchymal lung disease, which is almost invariably associated with other conditions, such as autoimmune diseases and immunodeficiency states, and usually affects women with a mean age of 50 years. We described a case of patient with LIP who was referred to our Internal Medicine Unit and the diagnostic issues related to the patient age and comorbidities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88c94a7b4e8249ffb476a227ca168f1a2023-05-08T14:50:55ZengVerduci EditoreBeyond Rheumatology2612-51102021-08-01310.4081/br.2021.64291An unusual dyspnea in an 87-year old woman affected by Sjögren’s syndromeCarlo Grendene0Anna Francesca Guerra1Stefania Cerri2Antonello Pietrangelo3Massimo Fiorini4Internal Medicine Unit and Center for Hemochromatosis, Internal Medicine Unit and Center for Hemochromatosis, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy, Internal Medicine Unit and Center for Hemochromatosis, Internal Medicine Unit and Center for Hemochromatosis, Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a progressive autoimmune disease and is characterized by eye and mouth dryness due to lymphocytic infiltration in lacrimal and salivary glands leading to tissue destruction, but it can also present systemic manifestations including lung involvement. Respiratory manifestations in pSS have a prevalence of 9-20% and can be due to airway and/or lung parenchyma involvement, such as in particular in interstitial lung diseases like lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia (LIP). LIP is an inflammatory diffuse parenchymal lung disease, which is almost invariably associated with other conditions, such as autoimmune diseases and immunodeficiency states, and usually affects women with a mean age of 50 years. We described a case of patient with LIP who was referred to our Internal Medicine Unit and the diagnostic issues related to the patient age and comorbidities.https://www.beyond-rheumatology.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/br-3-2-64.pdfsjögrenlymphocyticinterstitialpneumoniacysts |
| spellingShingle | Carlo Grendene Anna Francesca Guerra Stefania Cerri Antonello Pietrangelo Massimo Fiorini An unusual dyspnea in an 87-year old woman affected by Sjögren’s syndrome Beyond Rheumatology sjögren lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia cysts |
| title | An unusual dyspnea in an 87-year old woman affected by Sjögren’s syndrome |
| title_full | An unusual dyspnea in an 87-year old woman affected by Sjögren’s syndrome |
| title_fullStr | An unusual dyspnea in an 87-year old woman affected by Sjögren’s syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual dyspnea in an 87-year old woman affected by Sjögren’s syndrome |
| title_short | An unusual dyspnea in an 87-year old woman affected by Sjögren’s syndrome |
| title_sort | unusual dyspnea in an 87 year old woman affected by sjogren s syndrome |
| topic | sjögren lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia cysts |
| url | https://www.beyond-rheumatology.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/br-3-2-64.pdf |
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