Abstracts tagged "cancer and histopathologic"

Abstract Number: L3 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Low Protein A20 Expression in Minor Salivary Glands Is Associated with Lymphoma Development in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Svein Joar A. Johnsen¹, Einar Gudlaugsson², Ivar Skaland², Emiel Janssen², Malin V. Jonsson³, Lars Helgeland⁴, Ellen Berget⁵, Roland Jonsson⁶ and Roald Omdal¹, ¹Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, ²Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, ³Department of Clinical Dentistry - Section for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ⁴Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, ⁵University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, ⁶Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Background/Purpose: Patients with primary Sjogrens syndrome (pSS) have an increased risk of developing lymphomas, especially of the subtype mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Chronic antigen…