1Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Lucknow, 226 025.
2Oral Medicine & Radiology, MCODS- Mangalore (MAHE University)
3Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Lucknow, 226 025.
Sjogren's syndrome is a slowly progressive, inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting primarily the exocrine glands like lacrimal and salivary glands. Histologically, it is characterised by lymphocytic infiltrates that replace functional epithelium and lead to decreased exocrine secretions. The various clinical features of Sjogren's syndrome are keratitis, xerostomia and salivary gland enlargement. The condition can be diagnosed by various methods like Schirmer test, sialography, biopsy, etc. and can be treated accordingly.
Sjogren's syndrome, xerostomia, sialography
