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BPS and ASSOCIATED DISEASES:

literature on Sjögren's syndrome and BPS

ESSIC uses the name bladder pain syndrome (BPS) instead of interstitial cystitis (IC) and/or painful bladder syndrome (PBS): click here for more details.

Interstitial cystitis and systemic autoimmune diseases.
van de Merwe JP. Nat Clin Pract Urol 2007;4:484-91
• a review

Lower urinary tract symptoms in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Lee KL, Chen MY, Yeh JH, et al. Scand J Rheumatol 2006;35:96-101
• patients with RA were found to have similar urinary complaints when compared to controls; however, those with secondary SS had a greater severity of lower urinary tract symptoms, a finding similar to that observed in patients with primary SS

Association of schizophrenia and autoimmune diseases: linkage of danish national registers.
Eaton WW, Byrne M, Ewald H, et al. Am J Psychiatry 2006;163:521-8

Refractory case of Interstitial Cystitis associated with Sjögren's syndrome: Beneficial effect of steroids in treatment
James N.V.M., Bheri M.M., Taube M. Scottish Medical Journal 2006;51:3
• the authors report a case of severe IC associated with Sjogren's syndrome in whom bladder symptoms responded to a course of steroids where other conventional management did not help
• the authors believe that a high index of suspicion for the association of these two diseases would help treat some of the refractory cases of IC with a trial of corticosteroids

A case of interstitial cystitis accompanying Sjögren’s syndrome.
Fukaya E, Watanabe H , Kobayashi H, et al. Mod Rheumatol 2005;15:73–6
• a case report

full paper

Is there an ethnic difference in the prevalence of lupus cystitis? A report of six cases.
Chen MY, Lee KL, Hsu PN, et al. Lupus 2004;13:263-9
• the authors have found a high prevalence of antibodies to SS-A in lupus cystitis patients
• webmaster's comment: many SLE patients with anti-SS-A have also "secondary" Sjögren's syndrome

Severe interstitial cystitis associated with Sjögren's syndrome.
Shibata S, Ubara Y, Sawa N, et al. Intern Med 2004;43:248-52

full paper

Interstitial cystitis and Sjögren's syndrome.
Sugai S. Intern Med. 2004;43:174-6
• comment on the paper by Shibata et al. in the same issue

summary

[Physiopathologic relationship between interstitial cystitis and rheumatic, autoimmune, and chronic inflammatory diseases] [article in Spanish]
Lorenzo Gomez MF, Gomez Castro S. Arch Esp Urol 2004;57:25-34

Systemic aspects of interstitial cystitis, immunology and linkage with autoimmune disorders.
van de Merwe JP, Yamada T, Sakamoto Y. Int J Urol 2003;10 Suppl:S35-8
• report of Workshop 9 Systemic aspects of IC, immunology, linkage with autoimmune disorders of the ICICJ (International Consultation on Interstitial Cystitis Japan, Kyoto 2003)

Sjögren's syndrome in patients with interstitial cystitis. Preliminary results in 100 patients.
van de Merwe JP. Int J Urol 2003;10 Suppl:S69
• abstract of the presentation at the ICICJ (International Consultation on Interstitial Cystitis Japan, Kyoto 2003)

Interstitial cystitis-like urinary symptoms among patients with Sjögren's syndrome: a population-based study in Finland.
Leppilahti M, Tammela TL, Huhtala H, et al. Am J Med 2003;115:62-5

Intercurrent autoimmune conditions in classic and non-ulcer interstitial cystitis.
Peeker R, Atanasiu L, Logadottir Y. Scand J Urol Nephrol 2003;37:60-3

[A case of Sjögren syndrome accompanied by interstitial cystitis and interstitial pneumonia improved by suplatast tosilate and prednisolone] [article in Japanese]
Nagaoka M, Tamaoki J, Gotoh S, et al. Arerugi 2003;52:450-3

Prevalence of symptoms related to interstitial cystitis in women: a population based study in Finland.
Leppilahti M, Tammela TL, Huhtala H, et al. J Urol 2002;168:139-43

[Unusual complication of primary Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome: interstitial cystitis] [article in French] Fauchais AL, Hatron PY, Michon Pasturel U, et al. Rev Med Interne 2001;22:405-7

Interstitial cystitis: a review of immunological aspects of the aetiology and pathogenesis, with a hypothesis.
van de Merwe JP, Arendsen HJ. BJU Int 2000;85:995-9

Lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Haarala M, Alanen A, Hietarinta M, Kiilholma P. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 2000;11:84-6

[Interstitial cystitis in case of primary Sjögren's syndrome] [article in Japanese]
Higuchi M, Migita T, Yoshizawa S, et al. Ryumachi 1998;38:34-8

HTLV-I-associated myelopathy associated with multi-organ inflammatory disease: a case report.
Furuya T, Nakamura T, Goto H, et al. J Neurol Sci 1998;157:109-12

Sjögren's syndrome, keratoconjunctivitis sicca and focal lymphocytic sialoadenitis in patients with interstitial cystitis.
van de Merwe JP, Kamerling R, Arendsen HJ, et al. In: Sjögren's Syndrome - State of the Art, Ed Homma M, Sugai S, Tojo et al., Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, August 11-13, 1993. Kugler Publ. Amsterdam/New York 1994, pp 347-9

Sjögren's syndrome in patients with interstitial cystitis.
[Het syndroom van Sjögren bij patiënten met interstitiële cystitis] [article in Dutch]
van de Merwe JP, Kamerling R, Arendsen HJ, et al. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1994;138:1065-9

Sjögren's syndrome in patients with interstitial cystitis.
van de Merwe JP, Kamerling R, Arendsen HJ, et al. J Rheumatol 1993;20:962-6