J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2001 May;42(5):674-680.

Diagnostic Criteria for Sjoren's Syndrome

• Choi SH
• Lee SJ

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.

Keyword

Diagnostic criteria; Dry eye; Sjoren's syndrome

MeSH Terms

Chungcheongnam-do
Classification
Diagnosis
Dry Eye Syndromes
Humans