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Pulmonary lesions associated with Sjögren's syndrome: radiographic and CT findings

¹ Department of Radiology, ² 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and ³ Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan

Correspondence: Dr Kazuto Ashizawa

The aim of this study was to analyse and compare the chest radiographic and CT findings in patients with primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome. We retrospectively evaluated the frequency of abnormality and findings of both the chest radiography (n=107) and CT (n=59) in patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Abnormal cases were classified into five patterns based on predominant CT findings. Chest radiographic and CT abnormalities were seen in 24 (22%) and in 34 (58%) patients, respectively. Most frequently observed abnormal findings were linear and reticular opacities on chest radiograph, and ground-glass opacity, interlobular septal thickening and intralobular interstitial thickening on CT in both primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome. Centrilobular abnormalities were significantly more common in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (p=0.018). According to our CT classification, interstitial pneumonia (IP) pattern was the most common in patients with both primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome. Bronchiolitis pattern was more common in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD) pattern was only observed in primary Sjögren's syndrome. In conclusion, although the most frequently observed pattern in our CT classification was IP pattern in both primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome, centrilobular abnormalities and LPD pattern were relatively characteristic in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.

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