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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• SEZEN, Mehmet
• YILDIZ, Abdülmecit
• DİLEK, Kamil
• GÜLLÜLÜ, Mustafa
• YAVUZ, Mahmut
• ORUÇ, Ayşegül
• AYDIN, Mehmet Fethullah
• ERSOY, Alparslan

Titel

Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis with Sjogren Syndrome: A Case Report

Ist Teil von

• Turkish journal of internal medicine (Online), 2021-03, Vol.3 (Supplement 1), p.107-109

Ort / Verlag

Nizameddin KOCA

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Sjogren's syndrome (SjS) is a chronic, slow-progressing, autoimmune and lymphoproliferative disease. The main symptoms of the syndrome are xerostomia and keratoconjuctivitis sicca as a result of chronic inflammatory infiltration of the salivary and lacrimal glands. Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis complicating primary Sjögren's syndrome is extremely rare. We report on a 39-year-old woman with 5 years history of sjogren syndrome who was found to have nephrotic syndrome. Histopathological findings in kidney biopsy compatible with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Steroid therapy was initiated (oral prednisolone at a dose of 15 mg/day) and Cyclosporine 2 * 100mg/d. FSGS, which is associated with sjögren's syndrome, was considered suitable for the presentation because of its rare occurrence