Could we use salivary gland ultrasonography as a prognostic marker in Sjogren’s syndrome? Response to: ‘Ultrasonographic damages of major salivary glands are associated with cryoglobulinemic vasculitis and lymphoma in primary Sjogren’s syndrome: are the ultrasonographic features of the salivary glands new prognostic markers in Sjogren's syndrome?’ by Coiffier et al

We thank Dr Coiffier and colleagues for their interesting letter in which they suggest that damages of major salivary glands (SG) might be associated with cryoglobulinemic vasculitis and lymphoma in primary Sjogren’s syndrome. The authors raise the question whether the ultrasonographic (US) features of the salivary glands [our proposed novel ultrasound scoring system] could be used as the new prognostic markers for cryoglobulinemic vasculitis and lymphoma in patients with Sjogren’s syndrome.1 In their recent study of different US scoring systems in 97 sicca syndrome patients, Coiffier et al found three B-cell lymphomas in the primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) group and three, two, and one patient with …