Rheumatology 2002; 41: 1190-1193
© 2002 British Society for Rheumatology
Paediatric Rheumatology |
Sjögren syndrome: an unexpected disease occurring fourteen years after oligoarticular onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Unité d'Immunohématologie et Rhumatologie Pédiatriques, Hôpital des Enfants Malades, and
1 Service d'Immunologie Clinique, Hôpital Necker, Université Paris V, Paris
2 Service d'Anatomopathologie and
3 Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et Stomatologie, CHU Amiens and
4 Service de Médecine Interne, Centre Hospitalier de Beauvais, Beauvais, France
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SIR, Sjögren syndrome (SS) is a very rare condition in childhood. Only single case reports or small groups of patients have been reported in the literature [14]. SS has been reported occasionally during the course of systemic lupus erythematosus or other connective tissue diseases in childhood, including a few cases of polyarticular-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but never, to our knowledge, during the course of oligoarticular-onset JIA (OA-JIA). OA-JIA is the most frequent chronic inflammatory rheumatic condition in childhood, occurring mostly in girls before the age of 4 yr [5]. Chronic iridocyclitis is a frequent