Monday, January 18, 2010

Cryoglobulinemia related to HCV

This weekend we saw a case of presumed cryoglobulemic vasculitis in a patient with known HCV. There is a previous blog related to HCV here, including a good link to a review on cryoglobulinemia. The following figure on causes of cryoglobulenemia is taken from said review:




Another review, particularly related to HCV is available here. In patients with HCV associated cryoglobulinemia, treatment of the HCV may be helpful in getting the condition under control.

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