Sjögren's syndrome with pulmonary fibrosis. A case report
Schattenkirchner, M.; Müller-Fassbender, H.; Keller, C.; Meister, P.
Medizinische Klinik 71(42): 1784-1787
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8458 PMID: 979878 Document Number: 109527
The case is pointing to two remarkable facts: 1. Sjögren's syndrome may also be proceeding--without demonstrating any inflammatory rheumatic symptoms--with an isolated pulmonary fibrosis, as it had been evident in another case mentioned. 2. In certain circumstances, it may be considerably difficult to differentiate, with reliable certainty, the morphological changes in the salivary gland from those of a malignant lymphoma. Besides, also in literature there are reports concerning malignant degeneration turning into malignant lymphomata [1,8] in cases of Sjögren's syndrome.