Previous diagnosis of Sjögren's Syndrome as rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus

• Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) Vol. 55; no. 7; pp. 1195 - 1201
• Main Authors: Rasmussen, Astrid, Radfar, Lida, Lewis, David, Grundahl, Kiely, Stone, Donald U, Kaufman, C Erick, Rhodus, Nelson L, Segal, Barbara, Wallace, Daniel J, Weisman, Michael H, Venuturupalli, Swamy, Kurien, Biji T, Lessard, Christopher J, Sivils, Kathy L, Scofield, R Hal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Antibodies, Antinuclear - blood; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - diagnosis; Clinical Science; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Errors; Female; Humans; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - diagnosis; Male; Middle Aged; Rheumatoid Factor - blood; Sjogren's Syndrome - blood; Sjogren's Syndrome - diagnosis; differential diagnosis; systemic lupus erythematosus; diagnostic delay; systemic sclerosis; Sjögren’s syndrome; diagnosis; rheumatoid arthritis; sicca

The diagnosis of SS is often difficult and many patients are symptomatic for years with other diagnoses before confirmation of SS. Our aim was to determine whether overlapping clinical and serologic features with RA and SLE may in part drive the misdiagnoses. A total of 1175 sicca patients were eval...