Fatty infiltration of the minor salivary glands is a selective feature of aging but not Sjögren's syndrome.
Kerry M LeehanNathan P PezantAstrid RasmussenKiely GrundahlJacen S MooreLida RadfarDavid M LewisDonald U StoneChristopher J LessardNelson L RhodusBarbara M SegalC Erick KaufmanR Hal ScofieldKathy L SivilsCourtney MontgomeryAmy Darise FarrisPublished in: Autoimmunity (2017)
Fatty infiltration is an age-associated phenomenon and not a selective feature of Sjögren's syndrome. Sicca patients who do not fulfil pSS criteria have similar rates of fatty infiltration of the minor SG.