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The '''lacrimal gland''' is a | The '''lacrimal gland''' is a gland that sits beside the [[eye]]. It is similar to minor [[salivary gland]]s and develops the same tumours.<ref name=pmid18772674>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bernardini | first1 = FP. | last2 = Devoto | first2 = MH. | last3 = Croxatto | first3 = JO. | title = Epithelial tumors of the lacrimal gland: an update. | journal = Curr Opin Ophthalmol | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 409-13 | month = Sep | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32830b13e1 | PMID = 18772674 }}</ref> | ||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features:<ref name="10.5772/intechopen.84380">URL: [https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands]. Accessed on: 13 April 2021. [[doi: 10.5772/intechopen.84380]].</ref> | Features:<ref name="10.5772/intechopen.84380">URL: [https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands]. Accessed on: 13 April 2021. [[doi: 10.5772/intechopen.84380]].</ref> | ||
*Tubuloacinar | *Tubuloacinar gland. | ||
==Sjögren's syndrome== | ==Sjögren's syndrome== | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 13 April 2021
The lacrimal gland is a gland that sits beside the eye. It is similar to minor salivary glands and develops the same tumours.[1]
Microscopic
Features:[2]
- Tubuloacinar gland.
Sjögren's syndrome
Main article: Sjögren's syndrome
- Autoimmune disease.
Serology:[3]
- SS-A/Ro.
- SS-B/La.
See also
References
- ↑ Bernardini, FP.; Devoto, MH.; Croxatto, JO. (Sep 2008). "Epithelial tumors of the lacrimal gland: an update.". Curr Opin Ophthalmol 19 (5): 409-13. doi:10.1097/ICU.0b013e32830b13e1. PMID 18772674.
- ↑ URL: https://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-autoimmune-epithelitis-sjogren-s-syndrome-and-other-autoimmune-diseases-of-the-exocrine-glands/morphology-of-salivary-and-lacrimal-glands. Accessed on: 13 April 2021. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.84380.
- ↑ Hayashi, T. (2011). "Dysfunction of lacrimal and salivary glands in Sjögren's syndrome: nonimmunologic injury in preinflammatory phase and mouse model.". J Biomed Biotechnol 2011: 407031. doi:10.1155/2011/407031. PMID 21660135.