A Rare Manifestation of Hepatitis A Associated Cryoglobulinemia

Cryoglobulins can precipitate in the blood when exposed to lower temperatures. These abnormal immunoglobulins are more commonly affiliated with Hepatitis C infection but there have been cases reported with Hepatitis A association for which we present this case. The patient was treated with steroids...

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Autores principales: Pappoppula, Lakshmi, Zaidi, Syed Muhammad Hussain, Iskander, Peter A, Iskander, Anthony, Saeed, Beshir, Elawad, Ayman, Aloysius, Mark M, Khurana, Vikas, Nasr, Simin, Ahmed, Khalid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10151109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37139266
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36948
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Sumario:Cryoglobulins can precipitate in the blood when exposed to lower temperatures. These abnormal immunoglobulins are more commonly affiliated with Hepatitis C infection but there have been cases reported with Hepatitis A association for which we present this case. The patient was treated with steroids which did show gradual improvement of symptoms but, ultimately, the patient developed renal failure and required temporary hemodialysis. Care should be taken to assess patients with cryoglobulins for other viral serologies besides Hepatitis C.

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