[Preliminary study of the relationship between tumor like Sjögren's syndrome and malignant lymphoma].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical and laboratory characteristics of tumor like Sjögren's syndrome (TLSS) patients and non-tumor like Sjögren's syndrome (NTLSS) and the incidence of lymphoma in patients of Sjögren's syndrome (SS).


METHODS
A retrospective analysis was carried out in 199 primary SS (including TLSS) patients who were recruited in Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology from 1998 to 2010. Clinical and laboratory information were collected. The patients were divided into two groups: TLSS (n = 25) and NTLSS (n = 174). Clinical and laboratory characteristics were compared between these two groups by a statistical analysis.


RESULTS
Of the 25 TLSS patients, 23 had enlargements of parotid glands and 2 had enlargements of submandibular glands. There were significant differences of salivary scintigraphy appearance (P = 0.018), hypergammaglobulinemia (P = 0.014), rheumatoid factor positive rate (P = 0.001), formation of the ectopic germinal centers (P = 0.014), double positive rate of anti-SSA antibody and anti-SSB antibody (P < 0.001) between the TLSS and NTLSS patients. Among the 25 TLSS patients, 3 developed lymphomas, accounting for 1.5% (3/199) of the total 199 patients and 12% (3/25) of the TLSS patients. Lymphoma subtypes included one diffused large B-cell lymphoma and two mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. There was no lymphoma detected in NTLSS patients.


CONCLUSIONS
There are clinical and laboratory differences between TLSS and NTLSS patients, with a more tendency to develop lymphomas in TLSS patients.
Department of Oral Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.
Song-he
SH
Lu
Zhi-min
ZM
Yan
Ming-jie
MJ
Wei
Yan
Y
Gao
Hong
H
Hua
D000328:Adult; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000378:metabolism; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000473:pathology
D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; C035356:SS-A antibodies; C035357:SS-B antibodies; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor