Diagnostic Criteria for Sjoren's Syndrome.

Choi, Si Hwan; Lee, Seung Jae

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2001;42(5):674-680.
Published online May 1, 2001.

Diagnostic Criteria for Sjoren's Syndrome.

Si Hwan Choi, Seung Jae Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Taejon, Korea.

쇼그렌증후군의 진단 기준

최시환(Si Hwan Choi),이승재(Seung Jae Lee)

Abstract

PURPOSE
Several sets of criteria have been proposed and used by different authors, but the patients with Sjoren's syndrome have been missed at diagnosis or incorrectly classified due both to its great variability at presentation and to the lack of commonly accepted diagnostic criteria. We proposed a criteria for Sjoren's syndrome and attempted to utilize this criteria for diagnosis and classification of dry eye patients who were suspected of Sjoren's syndrome. METHODS: We proposed and applied a set of criteria for Sjoren's syndrome, which included clinical, histopathological and laboratory features as well as exclusions for the diagnosis, to 6 dry eye patients who were clinically at Chungnam National University Hospital from January 1992 to December 1996. RESULTS: Two of the 6 patients who were clinically suspected of Sjoren's syndrome had satisfactory histopathological results. This two patients were diagnosed as primary Sjoren's syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: Our criteria would be helpful to the diagnosis and classification of the patients with Sjoren's syndrome, who were previously diagnosed as dry eye syndrome.

Key Words: Diagnostic criteria;Dry eye;Sjoren's syndrome