title: Sjögren's syndrome with bronchial gland involvement and multiple bullae.
abstract: A 52-year-old woman with Sjögren's syndrome presented with a dense lymphocytic infiltrate around the bronchial gland disclosed by a transbronchial lung biopsy specimen. Two and a half years after the initial evaluation, her pulmonary status had deteriorated and multiple bullae had developed at both lung bases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inase
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tachi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korenaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimula
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*