Abstracts tagged "biomarker and lymphoma"

Abstract Number: 2878 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Importance Of Germinal Center-Like Structures In Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Salivary Glands Beyond Lymphoma Risk
Elke Theander¹, Thomas Mandl², Rolf Liedholm³, Roland Jonsson⁴, Malin V. Jonsson⁵ and Gunnar Warfvinge⁶, ¹Section of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ²Dept of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital Malmo, Lund University, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden, ³Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, ⁴Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ⁵Department of Clinical Dentistry - Section for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ⁶Department of oral pathology, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The association between germinal center (GC)-like structures and lymphoma in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) has been demonstrated recently (1). Here we present a comprehensive…