[Primary Sjögren's Syndrome - News on Diagnostics and Therapy].

Primary Sjögren's Syndrome - News on Diagnostics and Therapy Primary Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease that affects primarily the exocrine glands and is mainly characterized by sicca symptoms of the eyes and mouth, but also nose, throat, vagina and skin can be affected. Fatigue and pain are also very characteristic. Systemic manifestations can occur, e.

Diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography in large-vessel vasculitis.

Objective: To evaluate contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in diagnosis of inflammatory aortic involvement in patients with clinical suspicion of large-vessel vasculitis.

Patients And Methods: Seventy-five patients, mean age 62 years (range 16-82 years), 44 female and 31 male, underwent gadolinium-enhanced MRA and were evaluated retrospectively. Thoracic MRA was performed in 32 patients, abdominal MRA in 7 patients and both thoracic and abdominal MRA in 36 patients.