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SJÖGREN’S SYNDROME PRESENTING FIRST TIME AS SENSORY NEURONOPATHY
Omar Farooq, Sajad Rashid, Dr. Syed Mahpara*, Muzamil Wani, Amir Majeed, Nivenjeet Kour,
Amir Kanth and Neha
ABSTRACT
Primary Sjögren’s is an autoimmune disease which mainly affects exocrine glands causing a sicca syndrome. Neurological manifestations are rarely seen in Sjögren’s syndrome, but when present they are debilitating. The most frequent neurological manifestation are peripheral neuropathies especially sensory axonal neuropathy, painful sensory neuropathy etc. Dorsal root ganglionopathy is less frequently seen but is more handicapping. We present a case of a young female who presented first time with sensory neuropathy in absence of any other manifestations of of Sjögren’s syndrome.
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