Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2018

A RARE CASE OF AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANAEMIA IN SJOGREN‘S SYNDROME.

Dr. Rahul Rai, Dr Deepika, Dr Gopal Rao

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Sjogren syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary glands and lacrimal glands. This syndrome also has various manifestations associated with other exocrine glands and nonglandular tissues.  It may occur in two forms – Primary and secondary, which is associated with another autoimmune disease, most commonly rheumatoid arthritis. Numerous criteria were proposed for diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome. Most widely accepted are American and European group developed international classification criteria for Sjögrens syndrome. These criteria include ocular symptoms, oral symptoms, ocular signs, histopathology, salivary gland involvement and sialography. The classification requires four of the six items, one of which must be positive minor salivary gland biopsy or a positive antibody test. However, Autoimmune hemolyticanaemia (AIHA) in Sjogren’s syndrome is a rare occurrence. We report a case of an elderly women with AIHA secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome.

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Dr. Rahul Rai, Dr Deepika, Dr Gopal Rao, A RARE CASE OF AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANAEMIA IN SJOGREN‘S SYNDROME., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-5 | May-2018

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