A Sjögren's syndrome case presenting with myelitis and without sicca symptoms

• Main Authors: Şeyda Bayi̇l, Hacer Erdem Ti̇lki̇
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University 2017-07-01
• Series: Acta Medica Alanya
• Subjects: sjögren’s syndrome; myelitis; sicca symptoms; sjögren sendromu; myelit; sicca semptomları
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/medalanya/issue/30435/294029?publisher=alku

Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of exocrine glands with autoimmune etiology. Neurological symptoms occur in approximately 20% of patients with Sjögren’s syndrome.  Neurological symptoms may occur before the onset of sicca symptoms such as; dry eyes and dry mouth. The prevalence of peripheral and central neurological manifestations in  Sjögren syndrome are about 15% and 5% respectively. CNS involvement is much less common than peripheral nervous system involvement. In this case, our patient presented symptoms of transverse myelitis; however, the serum Anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB antibodies were negative and there were no dry eyes and dry mouth.