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ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2016

Hepatitis C virus positive patient diagnosed after detection of atypical cryoglobulin.

Belkiz Ongen, Fehime Benli Aksungar, Bahattin Cicek, Isin Akyar, Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Unsal

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Article in World journal of clinical cases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Belkiz OngenBelkiz Ongen, Fehime Benli Aksungar, Isin Akyar, Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Unsal, Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem Labmed Clinical Laboratories, 34435 Istanbul, Turkey.
Fehime Benli AksungarBelkiz Ongen, Fehime Benli Aksungar, Isin Akyar, Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Unsal, Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem Labmed Clinical Laboratories, 34435 Istanbul, Turkey.
Bahattin CicekBelkiz Ongen, Fehime Benli Aksungar, Isin Akyar, Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Unsal, Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem Labmed Clinical Laboratories, 34435 Istanbul, Turkey.
Isin AkyarBelkiz Ongen, Fehime Benli Aksungar, Isin Akyar, Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Unsal, Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem Labmed Clinical Laboratories, 34435 Istanbul, Turkey.
Abdurrahman CoskunBelkiz Ongen, Fehime Benli Aksungar, Isin Akyar, Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Unsal, Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem Labmed Clinical Laboratories, 34435 Istanbul, Turkey.
Mustafa SerteserBelkiz Ongen, Fehime Benli Aksungar, Isin Akyar, Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Unsal, Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem Labmed Clinical Laboratories, 34435 Istanbul, Turkey.
Ibrahim UnsalBelkiz Ongen, Fehime Benli Aksungar, Isin Akyar, Abdurrahman Coskun, Mustafa Serteser, Ibrahim Unsal, Department of Biochemistry, Acibadem Labmed Clinical Laboratories, 34435 Istanbul, Turkey.
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Abstract

A 60-year-old male patient presented with jaundice and dark urine for three days, icteric sclerae and skin rash on his legs for six months. Laboratory investigations revealed an atypical cryoglobulinemia with high hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA levels. Imaging studies showed cholestasis was accompanying HCV. Capillary zone electrophoresis using immunosubtraction method revealed a polyclonal immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin A (IgA) monoclonal cryoglobulin and that IgA lambda was absent in immunofixation electrophoresis. After a liver biopsy, chronic hepatitis C, HCV related mixed cryoglobulinemia and cryoglobulinemic vasculitis were diagnosed and antiviral therapy was initiated. Our HCV patient presented with cryoglobulinemic symptoms with an atypical cryoglobulinemia that was detected by an alternative method: Immunosubtraction by capillary electrophoresis. Different types of cryoglobulins may therefore have a correlation with clinical symptoms and prognosis. Therefore, the accurate immunotyping of cryoglobulins with alternative methods may provide more information about cryoglobulin-generated pathology.

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CryoglobulinemiaElectrophoresisHepatitis CImmunosubtractionImmunotyping

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PMID26989673
PMCPMC4792169
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