J Korean Rheum Assoc.
2002 Mar;9(1):58-62.
A Case of Sj o gren Syndrome Presented with Fever of Unknown Origin
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Kangnung Hospital, Kangnung.
- 2Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Ulsan University Kangnung Hospital, Kangnung.
- 3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ulsan University Kangnung Hospital, Kangnung.
- 4Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
Abstract
- Sjogren's syndrome is a chronic,slowly progressive,autoimmune disease in which the exocrine glands are damaged by lymphocytic infiltration,resulting in xerostomia and xerophthalmia.Fever in patients with Sjogren's syndrome is rarely manifested with the exception of cases with complicated illness such as lymphoma.We experienced a 70-year-old male patient with Sjogren's syndrome who was presented with fever of unknown origin.Despite of thorough investigation,other diseases to cause fever could not be found.Fever and other clinical features were improved with empirical steroid therapy.
