title: [Bilateral chronic dacryoadenitis].
abstract: Lacrimal and/or salivary gland enlargement is a common symptom leading to referral for rheumatological evaluation. Besides glandular enlargement in Sjögren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, lymphoma and other diseases, the symptom can also be found in IgG4-related disease. This is an increasingly recognized syndrome of unknown etiology comprising a collection of disorders that share specific clinical, serological and pathological features.
authors.affiliation: Endokrinologikum München, Promenadeplatz 12, 80333, München, Deutschland. franziska.wiesent@endokrinologikum.com
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wiesent
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003607:Dacryocystitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology*; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007155:Immunologic Factors