**Minor criteria**


The definite diagnosis of SS demands the fulfillment of both major criteria and at least two of the minor criteria

Table 4. Diagnostic criteria by Su y Liu (1986)

#### **Major criteria**


#### **Minor criteria**

	- a. Inflammatory diseases such as chronic autoimmune disorders, infections
	- b. Hemoproliferative disorders or solid malignant tumors
	- c. Pregnancy
	- a. ESR > 20 mm
	- b. C-reactive protein positive
	- c. Segmented-nuclear neutrophils and stabs > 70% in peripheral blood smear
	- d. Leukocytosis > 8000

Table 5. Diagnostic criteria by von den Driesch (1992)

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Table 6. Second-line therapies of Sweet syndrome.
