CRYOGLOBULINEMIA IN A CHILD

Cryoglobulinemia is a rare condition. We report a case of cryoglobulinemia in 1.5-year-old boy, who presented with bluish black discoloration of hands and feet. Serum was positive for cryoglobulins. The serum cryoglobulin level was 70 μg/ml (normal <20 μg). Serum protein electrophoresis revealed...

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Autor principal: Rao, Angoori Gnaneshwar
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430896
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74558
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description Cryoglobulinemia is a rare condition. We report a case of cryoglobulinemia in 1.5-year-old boy, who presented with bluish black discoloration of hands and feet. Serum was positive for cryoglobulins. The serum cryoglobulin level was 70 μg/ml (normal <20 μg). Serum protein electrophoresis revealed the presence of M-spike. Serum immunofixation and assessment of clonality could not be done as these specialized investigations are not available here. Investigations did not reveal any systemic involvement. He was treated with anticoagulants, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and systemic steroids with which he recovered completely.
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spelling pubmed-30513032011-03-22 CRYOGLOBULINEMIA IN A CHILD Rao, Angoori Gnaneshwar Indian J Dermatol Case Report Cryoglobulinemia is a rare condition. We report a case of cryoglobulinemia in 1.5-year-old boy, who presented with bluish black discoloration of hands and feet. Serum was positive for cryoglobulins. The serum cryoglobulin level was 70 μg/ml (normal <20 μg). Serum protein electrophoresis revealed the presence of M-spike. Serum immunofixation and assessment of clonality could not be done as these specialized investigations are not available here. Investigations did not reveal any systemic involvement. He was treated with anticoagulants, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and systemic steroids with which he recovered completely. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3051303/ /pubmed/21430896 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74558 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title CRYOGLOBULINEMIA IN A CHILD
title_full CRYOGLOBULINEMIA IN A CHILD
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title_full_unstemmed CRYOGLOBULINEMIA IN A CHILD
title_short CRYOGLOBULINEMIA IN A CHILD
title_sort cryoglobulinemia in a child
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430896
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74558
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