Phlegmonous gastritis: an unusual presenting symptom of Sjögren's syndrome.
This case report describes the histological and macroscopic changes seen within a few months in the gastric mucosa of a 28 year old woman patient with upper abdominal symptoms. With hindsight these changes were the first signs of Sjögren's syndrome.
van Leeuwen
M L
ML
Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Tjiong
H L
HL
van Blankenstein
M
M
Mulder
A H
AH
Bakker
C M
CM
D000328:Adult; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D005756:Gastritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*