Cryoglobulinemia is a medical condition in which the blood contains large amounts of pathological cold sensitive antibodies called cryoglobulins – proteins...

of symptoms, cryoglobulinemia and cold agglutinin disease differ in the process by which blood vessels become blocked. In cryoglobulinemia, antibodies...

prevalence in Southern Europe. Only about 30% of individuals with cryoglobulinemia develop vasculitis and associated symptoms. In a review of 279 patients...

often followed by gangrene. Autoamputation is a feature of ainhum, cryoglobulinemia and thromboangiitis obliterans. In 1881, Thornton made the case of...

inflammation, infection, or malignancies. Rarely, cryoglobulinemia (i.e. essential cryoglobulinemia) occurs in patients without these or other identifiable...

vasculitis (CryoVas). Cryoglobulins type II and III, also known as mixed cryoglobulinemia, are composed of polyclonal immunoglobulin (Ig)G and either monoclonal...

to precipitate within blood vessel with cold, a phenomenon known as cryoglobulinemia. Others may make blood too viscous to flow smoothly (usually with IgM...

skin biopsy. Differential diagnosis Urticarial vasculitis, lupus, cryoglobulinemia, Schnitzler syndrome, mast cell disorders, polymorphic eruption of...

Others: Physical trauma to the extremities Lyme disease Hypothyroidism Cryoglobulinemia Cancer Chronic fatigue syndrome Reflex sympathetic dystrophy Carpal...

common problem due to hepatitis C but not involving the liver is mixed cryoglobulinemia (usually the type II form) – an inflammation of small and medium-sized...