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ArticleCureus2024

Idiopathic Mixed Cryoglobulinemia: A Diagnostic Challenge.

Hinal Rathi, Tumpa Patra, Indira Poojary, Prutha R Pathak, Heather Haley

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Article in Cureus, 2024. 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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5 authors.

Hinal RathiInternal Medicine, University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine Huntsville Regional Campus, Huntsville, USA.
Tumpa PatraInternal Medicine, Crestwood Medical Center, Huntsville, USA.
Indira PoojaryInternal Medicine, Crestwood Medical Center, Huntsville, USA.
Prutha R PathakInternal Medicine, North Alabama Medical Center, Florence, USA.
Heather HaleyNephrology, Huntsville Renal Clinic, Huntsville, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) is commonly associated with chronic hepatitis C infection. Symptoms usually present as a clinical triad of purpuric rash, arthralgia, and generalized weakness. There have been several case reports establishing the relationship between hepatitis C and MC. Here, we report a case of a 22-year-old female presenting with bilateral lower extremity and facial swelling with no history of hepatitis C developing idiopathic mixed cryoglobulinemia. She was treated with intravenous steroids, rituximab, and plasmapheresis, resulting in improvement with outpatient nephrology and oncology follow-ups.

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hepatitis-cidiopathicidiopathic cryoglobulinemiamixed cryoglobulinemiapolyclonal cryoglobulinemia

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PMID39449949
PMCPMC11499966

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