Features of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosed in minor salivary gland biopsies from primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients

Abstract

For pSS patients with suspected NHL, mSGB histology enabled NHL diagnosis in half of them, MALT was found in 95.8% and all mSGB+ were MALT lymphomas, thereby avoiding more invasive biopsy. Our results suggest that mSGB should be obtained at pSS diagnosis and repeated during follow-up when NHL is suspected.