title: [A case of Sjögren syndrome with pulmonary nodular amyloidosis and pulmonary multiple cysts].
abstract: A 57-year-old woman who had been given a diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome at age 53 consulted a nearby doctor because of bloody sputum. He noted her chest abnormal shadows and referred her to our hospital. Her chest radiograph and high-resolution computed tomograph showed multiple nodules and cysts in both lung fields. Video-assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy revealed patchy fibrosis, cystic change, AL type amyloid deposition and mild lymphoid hyperplasia and a diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome-associated-pulmonary-disease was established.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyagawa
authors.forename: Yoshirou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Youichirou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobashi
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications*