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Can We Differentiate Between Primary Sjögren Syndrome and Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Based on the Characteristics of Pulmonary Cysts?

Jiamin ZhouLu ZhangXueqing LiuMiaoyan ZhangZiwei LiuYe JinRuie FengJuhong ShiJian LiWeihong Zhang
Published in: Journal of thoracic imaging (2024)
Although regular and smooth-walled cysts were common in the 2 diseases, irregular and non-smooth-walled cysts were more often associated with iMCD than pSS. Nodules in iMCD tended to be larger and more numerous, and a close positional relationship between nodules and cysts was only observed in iMCD.
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