Eye
Lacrimal duct / gland
Mikulicz disease
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 24 December 2020
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Mikulicz disease
- Lymphocytic infiltration and formation of lymphoepithelial lesions
- Most common cause of Mikulicz syndrome
Mikulicz syndrome
- Chronic dacryoadenitis associated with enlargement of salivary glands
- Causes include:
- Mikulicz disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Tuberculosis
- Syphilis
- Mumps
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Graves disease
Sjögren syndrome
- Usually postmenopausal women
- Mikulicz disease, with failure of lacrimal and conjunctival secretions and keratoconjunctivitis sicca
