Primary Care

Sjogren’s syndrome

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What is your approach to managing sicca symptoms in patients not responding or not tolerating conservative measures, pilocarpine, and cevimeline?

This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: CD40L inhibitor for Sjogren's

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What is your approach to maintenance treatment in a patient with Sjogren's who received rituximab for mononeuritis multiplex?

And how would you monitor response?

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Is monitoring for fetal heart block recommended in pregnant patients with only slightly elevated SSA?

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What is your approach to treatment of skin-limited cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in patients with Sjogren's syndrome who lack evidence of neurological or renal involvement?

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What is your approach to patients with severe sicca symptoms and history of B Cell lymphoma?

Patient has received treatment with Rituximab and is taking hydroxychloroquine.

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How do you approach monitoring for lymphoproliferative disease in Sjogren's patients?

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What is your approach to management of chronic recurrent parotitis in patients with Sjogren's Syndrome?

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What is your approach to management of persistent painless salivary gland swelling/sialadenitis in patients with Sjogren's?

No evidence of malignancy on serial CT scans.

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How would you treat inflammatory arthritis in a patient with Sjogren's syndrome and ILD (on mycophenolate) that is not responsive to hydroxychloroquine?

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How would you manage tubulointerstitial nephritis and renal tubular acidosis (RTA) in a patient with Sjogren's who is pregnant?

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What is your approach to screening for complete heart block in an asymptomatic pregnant patient with negative SSA and positive SSB antibodies?

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How often should you screen for lymphoma in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome?

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Do you continue to routinely screen for renal involvement in a patient with established Sjogren's syndrome who otherwise has only sicca symptoms?

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What is your approach to further workup, monitoring, and treatment of Sjogren's syndrome patients with positive cryoglobulins but no clear signs of vasculitis?

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Do you assess baseline salivary gland function before starting treatment in patients with Sjogren's syndrome?

If so, what test do you use in clinical practice?

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How do you manage severe vaginal dryness and vulvodynia refractory to topical lubricants in patients with Sjogren's syndrome?

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Is chronic major salivary gland enlargement in a patient with Sjogren's an indication for immune-modulating therapy such as hydroxychloroquine or methotrexate?

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Papers discussed in this category

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 1999-04

Hydroxychloroquine treatment for primary Sjögren's syndrome: its effect on salivary and serum inflammatory markers.

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2020 Feb 11

Vaginal dryness in primary Sjögren's syndrome: a histopathological case-control study.

J Am Dent Assoc,

Measuring salivary flow: challenges and opportunities.

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2016 Oct 26

2016 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: A Consensus and Data-Driven Methodology Involving Three International Patient Cohorts.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2019 Oct 31

EULAR recommendations for the management of Sjögren's syndrome with topical and systemic therapies.

Rheumatology (Oxford),

The management of Sjögren's syndrome: British Society for Rheumatology guideline scope.

Rheumatology (Oxford), 2019 Mar 05

Lymphomas complicating primary Sjögren's syndrome: from autoimmunity to lymphoma.

Chest, 2021 Feb

Consensus Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Disease in Sjögren's.

J Am Dent Assoc, 2016 Jan 05

Clinical practice guidelines for oral management of Sjögren disease: Dental caries prevention.

The ocular surface, 2015 Jan 15

Clinical guidelines for management of dry eye associated with Sjögren disease.

Rheumatol Int, 2014 Jun 05

Identification of lymphoma predictors in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

Rheumatol Ther, 2020 Dec 24

Renal Disease in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome.

Lupus, 2019 Jun 19

Prognostic markers of lymphoma development in primary Sjögren syndrome.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2011 Nov 09

Incidence of cancer in a nationwide population cohort of 7852 patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome in Taiwan.

Autoimmunity reviews, 2017-09

Clinical and pathologic implications of extending the spectrum of maternal autoantibodies reactive with ribonucleoproteins associated with cutaneous and now cardiac neonatal lupus from SSA/Ro and SSB/La to U1RNP.

Nat Rev Nephrol, 2015 Nov 16

Renal involvement in primary Sjögren syndrome.

Ear Nose Throat J, 2015 Jun

Intraductal infusion of steroids in patients with Sjögren syndrome to treat painful salivary swelling: Report of 2 cases.

Oral Dis, 2021 Mar 12

Eosinophilic sialodochitis: An emerging atopic condition.

Oral Dis, 2016 Dec 06

Eosinophilic sialodochitis: redefinition of 'allergic parotitis' and 'sialodochitis fibrinosa'.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2011 Sep 16

Efficacy of rituximab in primary Sjogren's syndrome with peripheral nervous system involvement: results from the AIR registry.

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