| • | skin - LCV (patients with cutaneous vasculitis have a high prevelance of peripheral or CNS vasculitis) |
| • | labs - rheumatoid factor positive (usually), Ro (80%) |
| • | definitive diagnosis: labial salivary gland biopsy from lower lip |
| • | ddx: sarcoid, amyloid, lymphoma, HIV |
2 out of 3:
| 3. | an associated autoimmune, rheumatic, or lymphoproliferative disorder patients are predisposed to lymphoreticular malignancies (e.g. non-Hodgkins) |
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