Mikulicz's disease
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Related to Mikulicz's disease: Mikulicz syndrome, Primordial cyst
Mikulicz's disease
[mik´u-lich″ez]originally, a chronic, benign, and usually painless inflammatory swelling of the lacrimal and salivary glands; some authorities have broadened the entity to include lacrimal and salivary gland enlargement associated with other diseases, such as sjögren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, lupus erythematosus, leukemia, lymphoma, and tuberculosis, which they designate Mikulicz's syndrome.
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Mikulicz's disease
See SJOGREN'S DISEASE. (Johann von Mikulicz-Radecki, Polish-born 1850–1905, German surgeon).Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005