Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia type II.

Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Patients with Severe Type II Essential Antibodies and Bioactivities of IFNs in Serum Interferon (IFN)-Neutralizing

9 Renal Involvement in Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

Up to the end of the 1980s, the cause of about 30% of both type II and III mixed cryoglobulinemias (MC) in patients was not known, and this subgroup of patients were referred to as having essential mixed cryoglobulinemia. Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia was characterized clinically by systemic signs, mainly purpura, arthralgias, and fever, together with hepatic, neurologic, and renal symptoms....

Anterior uveitis secondary to type II essential cryoglobulinemia

BACKGROUND The purpose of this report is to describe the association of severe anterior uveitis with type II essential cryoglobulinemia. FINDINGS A 40-year-old male with a history of psoriatic arthritis presented with severe anterior uveitis associated with type II essential cryoglobulinemia. His uveitis, refractory to steroid treatments, was well controlled following treatments for cryoglobu...

Biopsy-Documented Myopathy and Vasculitis in Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia

A skeletal muscle involvement associated with skin, renal and liver pathology has been described in patients with essential mixed cryoglobulinemia. In some cases the muscle atrophy was consequence of a peripheral neuropathy but in such patients the muscle pathology has not been defined. Skin and skeletal muscle biopsies were performed in 6 patients with type II essential mixed cryoglobylinemia....

Q fever endocarditis masquerading as Mixed cryoglobulinemia type II. A case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND The clinical manifestations of Q fever endocarditis are protean in nature. Mixed cryoglobulinemia type II is rarely a facet of the presenting clinical manifestations of Q fever endocarditis. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 65-year-old pensioner with such an association and review the literature. As transesophageal echocardiograms are usually normal and blood cultures are us...