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Lacrimal gland atrophy and dry eye related to isotretinoin, androgen, and prolactin: differential diagnosis for Sjögren's syndrome.

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Title
Lacrimal gland atrophy and dry eye related to isotretinoin, androgen, and prolactin: differential diagnosis for Sjögren's syndrome.
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, January 2021
DOI 10.5935/0004-2749.20210012
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Amanda Pires Barbosa, Fabíola Reis de Oliveira, Flavio Jaime da Rocha, Valdair Francisco Muglia, Eduardo Melani Rocha

Abstract

This report is of three cases of sicca syndrome, initially suspected to be Sjögren's syndrome, which was ruled out by clinical and laboratory investigations. The patients were a 24-year-old woman, a 32-year-old man, and a 77-year-old woman with chronic symptoms of sicca syndrome, including dry eye syndrome. The first case was associated with the use of isotretinoin, a retinoic acid. The second was associated with the use of anabolic androgenic steroids, and the third was related to a prolactin- secreting pituitary adenoma. All cases manifested sicca, including dry eye syndrome, after those events, and the manifestations persisted. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral atrophy of the lacrimal gland. The medical history, ocular examinations, laboratory exams, and magnetic resonance images confirmed dry eye syndrome; however, the exams were all negative for Sjögren's syndrome. The lacrimal gland was absent on magnetic resonance imaging in all three cases. The clinical history revealed that the signs and symptoms appeared after chronic exposure to retinoic acid, anabolic androgenic steroids, and a prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma, respectively. Chronic isotretinoin, anabolic androgenic steroids, and prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma or, in this last case, its inhibitory treatment, can cause lacrimal gland atrophy, sicca syndrome, and dry eye syndrome, and a differential diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome. Further studies on doses, time, and other susceptibilities to the long-lasting adverse effects of retinoic acid, anabolic androgenic steroids, and the repercussions of prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma are necessary to confirm and expand upon these associations.

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Unknown 21 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 3 14%
Student > Bachelor 3 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 10%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 5%
Student > Postgraduate 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 11 52%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 33%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Neuroscience 1 5%
Psychology 1 5%
Unknown 11 52%