Severe cryoglobulinemia with cerebral infarction successfully treated with steroid and rituximab: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Nov 25;9(1):543-546. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3578. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

Naoko Yagi^{1

2}, Takuro Yoshimura^{1

2}, Hirohisa Nakamae¹, Daisuke Hayashi³, Yasuyuki Tanaka⁴, Yoshitaka Ichikawa⁵, Masayuki Hino¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology Graduate School of Medicine Osaka City University Osaka city Japan.
² Present address: Department of Hematology Osaka City General Hospital Osaka city Japan.
³ Department of Dermatology Graduate School of Medicine Osaka City University Osaka city Japan.
⁴ Department of Dermatology Osaka Minami Medical Center Osaka city Japan.
⁵ Department of Cardiology Graduate School of Medicine Osaka City University Osaka city Japan.

Abstract

We report the case of severe cryoglobulinemia with cerebral infarction and ischemic cardiac disease successfully treated with steroid and rituximab.

Keywords: cryoglobulinemia; cryoglobulinemic vasculitis; purpura; refractory skin ulcers; rituximab.

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