Sjogren's Syndrome Complicated by Scleroderma and Polymyositis. Report of a Case

強皮症および多発性筋炎を併発したSjogren症候群の1症例

Sjogren's Syndrome Complicated by Scleroderma and Polymyositis. Report of a Case

Creators Harada Toshinori

Creators Fukumoto Yohei

Creators Akagawa Etsuo

Creators Mizuta Minoru

This report deals with a 50-year-old woman who was initially attacked by Sjogren's syndrome, followed by complicating scleroderma and polymyositis, and finally suspected of having systemic Iupus erythematosis. It bas been pointed out that Sjogren's syndrome is often complicated by autoimmune diseases other than chronic rheumatoid arthritis. However, Sjogren's syndrome complicated by two or three different types of autoimmune diseases, as observed in our present case, seems tobe extremely rare. The co-existence of Sjogren's syndrome and ather autoimmune diseases and their possible interrelationship are discussed.

[ISSN]0513-1731

[NCID]AN00243156