In what circumstances do you pursue labial salivary gland biopsy in an asymptomatic patient with high titer ANA and positive SSA?
How do you risk stratify and monitor such patient for disease progression or organ involvement?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I seldom, if ever, suggest a lip biopsy in the work-up of patients with Sjogren's syndrome. It is invasive, and even the histo-pathological interpretation is often open to question. I typically refer patients to an ophthalmologist for a diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca, if present, and if nec...
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at University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco I am fortunate to be working with Ava Wu DDS, dire...
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Utilize the framework of the 2016 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria (not diagnostic) that have been validated in 3 separate international cohorts (Shiboski et al., PMID 27785888). Generally, the patient would present with some suggestive symptoms/features (i.e., dry eye/mouth). Total of 4 points c/w...
I am fortunate to be working with Ava Wu DDS, dire...
@Nancy L. Carteron: I wish we all had Ava close by...