Arch Craniofac Surg.
2014 Aug;15(2):98-101. 10.7181/acfs.2014.15.2.98.
Unusual Sjogren's Syndrome with Bilateral Parotid Cysts
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- 1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. ohdeuk1234@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Rheumatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2134169
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2014.15.2.98
Abstract
- Sjogren's syndrome is a chronic autoimmune exocrinopathy that destroys salivary and lacrimal gland tissue. We report an unusual case of this disease in a 54-year-old woman who presented with multiple and bilateral parotid cystic masses. The multiple, small, bead-like cysts were clearly evident in the computed tomography sections in this patient, a visible reminder that this may be the initial presentation in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome. As the case illustrates, Sjogren's syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis of multiple and bilateral cystic parotid lesions.
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