Patient No. | Sex | Age yrs | Dysproteinaemia | Sjögren's syndrome | Other connective tissue diseases | Hypothyroidism | Malignancy |
1 | F | 50 | RA | ||||
2# | M | 17 | |||||
3 | F | 28 | HGG | + | SLE | + | Parotid gland MALTlymphoma |
4# | M | 62 | HGG | ||||
MG | |||||||
5# | M | 52 | |||||
6 | F | 43 | + | ||||
7 | F | 28 | + | ||||
8 | F | 54 | HGG | + | Breast cancer | ||
9 | F | 60 | |||||
10 | F | 78 | HGG | + | Breast cancer | ||
11 | F | 41 | + | PM | |||
12 | F | 75 | + | ||||
13 | M | 18 | HGG | + | |||
14 | F | 37 | CVID | ||||
15 | F | 61 | + |
F: female; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; M: male; HGG: hypergammagobulinaemia; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; MALT: mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue; MG: monoclonal gammopathy; PM: polymyositis; CVID: common variable immunodeficiency. +: present. #: patients classified as having idiopathic lymphoid interstitial pneumonia.