Acute Arterial Ischemia in a Patient With Polyarthritis
Autor: | Enrique Júdez Navarro, Antonio Salvador Alamillo Sanz, Ginés Sánchez Nievas, Sandra Soro Marín |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Adult
0301 basic medicine Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Hepatitis C virus Connective tissue Arterial Occlusive Diseases medicine.disease_cause Cryoglobulins 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Ischemia hemic and lymphatic diseases medicine Humans Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Peripheral Vascular Diseases 030203 arthritis & rheumatology biology business.industry Arthritis General Medicine Hand medicine.disease Cryoglobulinemia 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Radial Artery biology.protein Female Polyarthritis Rituximab Antibody business Vasculitis medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Reumatología Clínica (English Edition). 13:110-112 |
ISSN: | 2173-5743 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.reumae.2016.01.008 |
Popis: | Cryoglobulins are immunoglobulins that precipitate at cold temperatures. Their presence can be related to a type of vasculitis referred to as cryoglobulinemia. This condition, especially mixed cryoglobulinemia, has been associated with viral infections like hepatitis C virus in 60%-90% of cases, but it has also been reported in relation to connective tissue diseases, usually resulting in a more severe course. We describe the case of a patient with seronegative polyarthritis who developed acute arterial ischemia in association with cryoglobulinemia, with a good response to rituximab therapy. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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