Síndrome de Sjögren ou esclerose múltipla? Um dilema na prática clínica

• Author(s): Duarte, C ; Teotónio, R ; Abreu, P ; Matias, F
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/906
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Esclerose Múltipla; Síndrome de Sjögren
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

The authors present a clinical case of a male, 53-years old with a multiple sclerosis like syndrome, progressive, with 3 years of evolution. The patient also referred dry eye and inflammatory arthralgias, the complementary workup was according with Sjögren's Syndrome. The central nervous system involvement of Sjögren's Syndrome and the difficulty of differential diagnosis with neurological diseases such as Multiple sclerosis is discussed