A Case of Sj o gren Syndrome Presented with Fever of Unknown Origin.
- Author:
Su Hee KIM
1
;
Sung Oh PARK
;
Hyuk KO
;
Yang Soon PARK
;
Kyoung Sook WON
;
Hyun Kyu CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Kangnung Hospital, Kangnung.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sjogren's syndrome;
Fever of unknown origin
- MeSH:
Aged;
Exocrine Glands;
Fever of Unknown Origin*;
Fever*;
Humans;
Male;
Sjogren's Syndrome;
Xerostomia
- From:The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
2002;9(1):58-62
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
