Abstract

MEJIA-VALLEJO, Jimi et al. Primary Sjögren's syndrome with lymphocitic interstitial pneumonia and cystic pulmonary disease. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2007, vol.14, n.3, pp.232-236. ISSN 0121-8123.

The primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) is a chronic autoimmune exocrinopathy characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of glandular and extraglandular tissue, the lung involvement is heterogeneous; the aim of this study is report the first case in Colombia of PSS with lymphocytic intersticial pneumonia and cystic pulmonary disease discuss differential diagnosis and the initial diagnostic and therapeutic work up.

Keywords : primary Sjögren's syndrome; cystic lung disease; lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia.

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