LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Lacrimal gland atrophy and dry eye related to isotretinoin, androgen, and prolactin: differential diagnosis for Sjögren's syndrome

Barbosa, Amanda Pires; Oliveira, Fabíola Reis de; Rocha, Flavio Jaime da; Muglia, Valdair Francisco; Rocha, Eduardo Melani.

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 84 (1), 2021

ABSTRACT This report is of three cases of sicca syndrome, initially suspected to be Sjögren's syndrome, which was ruled out by clinical and laboratory investigations. The patients were a 24-year-old woman, a 32-year-old man, and a 77-year-old woman with chronic symptoms of sicca syndrome, including dry ...

Síndromes de Ojo Seco, Aparato Lagrimal, Síndrome de Sjögren, Andrógenos, Atrofia, Diagnóstico Diferencial, Síndromes de Ojo Seco/inducido químicamente, Síndromes de Ojo Seco/diagnóstico, Síndromes de Ojo Seco/patología, Isotretinoína/efectos adversos, Aparato Lagrimal/diagnóstico por imagen, Aparato Lagrimal/patología, Prolactina, Síndrome de Sjögren/inducido químicamente, Síndrome de Sjögren/diagnóstico, Síndrome de Sjögren/patología

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Impact of environmental pollution on the ocular surface of Sjögren's syndrome patients

ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the effect of air pollution on the ocular surface of patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Methods: We investigated the ocular surfaces of thirty patients with Sjögren's syndrome and thirty healthy volunteers (control group) living in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. W...