Tongue Atrophy in Sj ögren Syndrome Patients with Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma: Autoimmune Epithelitis beyond the Epithelial Cells of Salivary Glands?

CONCLUSION: These results suggest that pSS patients with lymphoid malignancy exhibit a more atrophic and more fissured tongue. This particular clinical tongue appearance can serve as an additional clinical sign for salivary MALT lymphoma in pSS patients. PMID: 30008454 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: J Rheumatol - July 15, 2018 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Zampeli E, Kalogirou EM, Piperi E, Mavragani CP, Moutsopoulos HM Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research