A 41-year-old Female Presenting with Sicca Syndrome
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32412/pjohns.v23i2.739Keywords:
sicca syndrome, sjogren syndrome, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, stomatitis sicca, xerostomia, dysparenuiaAbstract
Objective: To describe a case of Sicca syndrome, review the literature on and discuss the diagnostic criteria for Sjögren Syndrome.
Methods:
Design: Case report
Setting: Private Clinic
Patients: One
Results: A 41-year-old female presenting with throat dryness, dry eyes, bilateral parotid enlargement, vaginal dryness and multiple joint pains previously seen by four specialists over three decades was finally diagnosed with Sjögren syndrome.
Conclusion: Sjögren syndrome presents uncommonly. As the presentation and clinical course should be taken as a whole, and no single test can be considered as a gold standard for its diagnosis, the disease entity may actually be under diagnosed, misdiagnosed or frequently present as diagnostic dilemmas. A comprehensive history and physical examination beyond the usual focus of the otorhinolaryngologic evaluation is the key for the astute clinician. Our experience may indicate a need for further evaluation of the EU revised criteria for Sjögren syndrome classification in the local setting.
Keywords: sicca syndrome, sjogren syndrome, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, stomatitis sicca, xerostomia, dysparenuia
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright transfer (all authors; where the work is not protected by a copyright act e.g. US federal employment at the time of manuscript preparation, and there is no copyright of which ownership can be transferred, a separate statement is hereby submitted by each concerned author). In consideration of the action taken by the Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in reviewing and editing this manuscript, I hereby assign, transfer and convey all rights, title and interest in the work, including copyright ownership, to the Philippine Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Inc. (PSOHNS) in the event that this work is published by the PSOHNS. In making this assignment of ownership, I understand that all accepted manuscripts become the permanent property of the PSOHNS and may not be published elsewhere without written permission from the PSOHNS unless shared under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.
