Tongue Atrophy in Sjögren Syndrome Patients with Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma: Autoimmune Epithelitis beyond the Epithelial Cells of Salivary Glands?

From the Institute for Systemic Autoimmune and Neurological Diseases; Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Department of Pathophysiology, and Department of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
E. Zampeli, MD, Institute for Systemic Autoimmune and Neurological Diseases; E.M. Kalogirou, DDS, Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; E. Piperi, DDS, Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; C.P. Mavragani, MD, Department of Pathophysiology, and Department of Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; H.M. Moutsopoulos, MD, FACP, FRCP (hc), Master ACR, Institute for Systemic Autoimmune and Neurological Diseases, and Academy of Athens.

Address correspondence to Dr. E. Zampeli, Institute for Systemic Autoimmune and Neurological Diseases, M. Asias 75, 11527, Athens, Greece. E-mail: zampelieva{at}gmail.com

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