SAT0309 Primary Sjögren's Syndrome and Lymphoma – A Population-Based Study Focused on Lymphoma as Exclusion Criterion for Primary Sjögren's Syndrome Diagnosis

Background

In the widely used American-European Consensus Group (AECG) classification criteria for primary Sjögren9s syndrome (pSS), pre-existing lymphoma is one of the exclusion criteria for pSS diagnosis (1). This is in contrast to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/Sjögren9s International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) 2012 classification criteria (2). The rationale and consequences of excluding or not excluding pSS...