Analysis of 53 Patients with Sjogren' s Syndrome and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- VernacularTitle:干燥综合征并发肺间质纤维化53例临床分析
- Author:
Kuanting WANG
;
Shuling HAN
;
Min ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sjogren' s syndrome;
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- From:
Journal of Medical Research
2006;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the occurrence, clinical feature and the associatrd factors of Sjogren' s syndrome(SS) complicated with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis(IPF) to build up knowledge for early diagnosis. Methods The clinical characteristics of 160 cases damitted SS patients collected from January 2002 to August 2008 were retrospectively investigated including RF, chest - X, ESR, blood -gas analysis,pulmonary function tests,chest HRCT,ANA and so on. Results The patients with IPF accounted for 33.12% of total SS patients, including 12 cases of male. These patients presented strongly positive ANA,strongly positive RF etc,especially in the male. Conclusion The occurrence of SS - IP was related to the disease' s activity. FHRCT and pulmonary function test should taken early in order to get early diagnosis and treatment.
