title: Major upper airways obstruction associated with Sjögren's syndrome: a case report and literature review.
abstract: This short report describes the development of life-threatening upper airways obstruction in a patient with primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS), and reviews the published literature on this unusual development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D010309:Parotitis / Q000473:pathology; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology