Focal lymphocytic infiltrates of salivary glands are not confined to Sjögren's syndrome.
Focal periductal lymphocytic infiltrates of lip salivary glands (LSGs), since long considered a diagnostic hallmark of Sjögren's syndrome (SS), were found in a high proportion of patients with various connective tissue diseases, as well as in myasthenia gravis, lacking symptoms and signs of SS.
Lindahl
G
G
Hedfors
E
E
D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*