Kodai Sakiyama

Jan 1, 2024 | jrheum.org | Kodai Sakiyama |Michihito Kono |Ai Shimizu |Tatsuya Atsumi

Patients with Sjögren syndrome (SS) have a higher risk of developing malignant lymphoma.1A 68-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of swollen parotid glands. The patient had psoriatic arthritis and had been treated with secukinumab for 3 months. At presentation, she had bilateral swollen and ulcerated parotid glands (Figure 1A) with sicca symptoms. Laboratory data showed positivity for anti-SSA and anti-SSB antibodies and elevated C-reactive protein (15.2 mg/L).