IgG Cryoglobulinemia Associated With Amyloidosis

IgG cryoglobulinemia associated with amyloidosis.

A patient with symptomatic primary cryoThis case constitutes, to our knowledge, globulinemia was followed for 9 yr and was the first example of amyloidosis associated found at autopsy to have generalized amylwith monoclonal lgG cryoglobulinemia, with oidosis. There was a monoclonal serum characterization of the monoclonal serum protein spike of lgG kappa type that was cryoglobulin, and also the...

Systemic diseases: from amyloidosis to cryoglobulinemia.

Hereditary fibrinogen A -chain amyloidosis: Phenotypic characterization of a systemic disease and the role of liver transplantation. Blood 115: 2998–3007, 2010 Arie J. Stangou, Nicholas R. Banner, Bruce M. Hendry, Mohamed Rela, Bernard Portmann, Julia Wendon, Mark Monaghan, Philip MacCarthy, Muriel Buxton-Thomas, Christopher J. Mathias, Juris J. Liepnieks, John O’Grady, Nigel D. Heaton, and Mer...

Diffuse pulmonary amyloidosis with monoclonal IgG-kappa gammopathy.

A 62-year-old female with diffuse pulmonary amyloidosis developed abnormal radiographic findings while under observation for hyperimmunoglobulinemia over a ten-year period. Serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) was elevated (4,620 mg/dl), and associated with monoclonal gammopathy (M protein) of the kappa type, but no evident abnormalities were apparent in bone marrow. Chest radiograph and computed tomog...

Amyloidosis associated with HIV infection.

Regional enteritis associated with amyloidosis.

Two patients with regional enteritis who developed renal failure due to amyloidosis are described. The literature is reviewed briefly and the hope expressed that this association will be recognized more frequently in the future.