Περίληψη:
Lung involvement in primary Sjogren’s syndrome, was first described by
Henrik Sjogren more than 50 years ago, who reported similar
histopathological changes in the exocrine glands of the bronchi with
those observed in the salivary glands. Since then, pulmonary involvement
in primary Sjogren’s syndrome, has been the subject of various studies
and several pulmonary complications have been described, including
bronchial and bronchiolar disease, interstitial pneumonitis, and
lymphoma. Although frequent and pleomorphic, pulmonary involvement is
rarely clinically severe. However, in the symptomatic patient with
significant functional and radiological abnormalities tissue diagnosis,
either by transbronchial or by open lung biopsy, is mandatory because of
the malignant potential of some lesions.
Συγγραφείς:
Papiris, SA
Kassan, SS
Moutsopoulos, HM
