Subacute Progressive Hearing Loss and Lower Body Parkinsonism in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome

Mai Shimizu; Motoki Fujimaki; Eriko Igami; Yuta Ishiguro; Kazuyuki Noda; Yasuyuki Okuma; Nobutaka Hattori

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.2158-23

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Subacute Progressive Hearing Loss and Lower Body Parkinsonism in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome

Mai Shimizu, Motoki Fujimaki, Eriko Igami, Yuta Ishiguro, Kazuyuki Noda, Yasuyuki Okuma, Nobutaka Hattori

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Keywords: primary Sjögren's syndrome, sensorineural hearing loss, lower body parkinsonism

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2024 Volume 63 Issue 6 Pages 853-856

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.2158-23

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Abstract

In primary Sjögren's syndrome, it is extremely rare to observe subacute progressive lower-body parkinsonism with severe sensory hearing loss responsive to corticosteroid therapy. Sjögren's syndrome can cause heterogeneous symptoms; therefore, its diagnosis and introduction of treatment are prone to be delayed, particularly in cases without sicca symptoms or seronegative cases, which are more likely to be seen in patients with neurological complications. This report may help clinicians identify atypical early neurological symptoms in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

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