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Unusual Sj${\ddot{o}}$gren's Syndrome with Bilateral Parotid Cysts

  • Seo, Bommie Florence (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Ju, Rock Kuen (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kwok, Seung-Ki (Department of Rheumatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Oh, Deuk Young (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2014.07.17
  • Accepted : 2014.08.03
  • Published : 2014.08.09

Abstract

Sj${\ddot{o}}$gren'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 Sj${\ddot{o}}$gren's syndrome. As the case illustrates, Sj${\ddot{o}}$gren's syndrome should be included in the differential diagnosis of multiple and bilateral cystic parotid lesions.

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