{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Newly Diagnosed Sjogren Syndrome in an Elderly Patient on Dialysis: A Case Report.
{Author}: Inoue M;Sasamoto M;
{Journal}: Cureus
{Volume}: 15
{Issue}: 3
{Year}: 2023 Mar
暂无{DOI}: 10.7759/cureus.36430
{Abstract}: Sjogren syndrome (SS) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease that primarily affects the exocrine glands, causing dry eyes and mouth, but also presents with a variety of other symptoms. SS is a common connective tissue disease but it can be difficult to diagnose due to the non-specific symptoms and lack of diagnostic markers in many cases. This report describes a case of an elderly patient on dialysis with newly diagnosed SS. The patient had been unable to eat a normal diet for a year, but treatment had not been initiated, presumably because of his age and the fact that he was on dialysis. The patient's symptoms improved with the administration of glucocorticoids. This is a very educational case for physicians to recognize undiagnosed SS patients presenting with non-specific symptoms.