CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR SJÖGREN'S SYNDROME

Abstract

In 1933, a Swedish ophthalmologist named Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren described 19 cases of patients with xerophthalmia, 13 of which also had joint manifestations. Later, his last name would give name to the condition that became known as Sjögren's syndrome, a systemic autoimmune disease characterized mainly by chronic lymphocytic infiltration of the exocrine glands, that is, salivary and lacrimal glands. As it develops manifestations that go beyond just one body system, it is necessary that a multidisciplinary assessment be carried out, in order to prevent damage ranging from ocular and rheumatological complications to more serious ones that affect the lymphatic, nervous and muscular systems. Therefore, this narrative literature review gathered information from books and articles from the PUBMED database, aiming to elucidate the classification for primary and secondary Sjögren's syndrome. After filtering, only 365 of the 2065 articles found were used here in some way. Finally, it was concluded that the diagnostic criteria accurately cover the different manifestations that involve the syndrome.