title: Mikulicz's disease and Mikulicz's syndrome.
abstract: The pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and historical development of Mikulicz's disease and Mikulicz's syndrome are given. It is recommended that the term "Mikulicz's syndrome" be dropped to avoid confusion with the rare and well defined entity "Mikulicz's disease."
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007766:Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases; D008882:Mikulicz' Disease / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D009626:Terminology as Topic