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Treatment of Non-hepatitis C virus Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis - French Vasculitis Study Group

MONOCLONAL CRYOGLOBULINEMIA (TYPE 1) 
IgM
Treatment of Non-hepatitis ... Vasculitis - French ... Vasculitis Study ... #Vasculitis #Management ... #Rheumatology #
Diagnosis of Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis

1) Presence of cryoglobulin 
Circulating immunoglobulins that precipitate with cold temperature and dissolve
Vasculitis 1 ... 3 types 2) Vasculitis ... Hyperviscosity syndrome ... #Vasculitis #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology #
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia ... vasculitis - Diagnosis ... vasculitis Clinical ... neuropathy Treatment ... #Vasculitis #Rheumatology
Small Vessel Vasculitides
 • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Granulomatous manifestations (e.g., nasal crusting, destructive sinusitis, pulmonary
Small Vessel Vasculitides ... involvement • Cryoglobulinemic ... and Sjogren's syndrome ... • IgA vasculitis ... #vasculitis #differential
Vasculitis Involving the Skin - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary: 50% Cutaneous Vasculitis: Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis
Secondary: CTD: SLE, RA
the Skin - Differential ... Urticarial/LCV) - Cryoglobulinemic ... Disease • Cogan syndrome ... #rheumatology # ... differential #diagnosis
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... Syndrome: • Clinical ... syndrome in 80% ... 20% Sjögren's syndrome ... classification #rheumatology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes and Mimics - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
90%:
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and Mimics - Differential ... ANCA Associated Vasculitis ... Complement Levels: SLE, Cryoglobulinemic ... , Rheumatoid Vasculitis ... #Mimics #Differential
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... /HSP • Cryoglobulinemia ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Dermatological semiology of Cutaneous Vasculitis 

Clinicopathologic correlations
 • Purpura, papules, pustules, necrosis: involvement of small vessels
semiology of Cutaneous Vasculitis ... hemopathies (4%) • Cryoglobulinemia ... vasculitis (3%) ... #dermpath #dermatology ... pathology #lesions #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... ANCA-positive vasculitis ... ANCA-negative vasculitis ... Behcet disease, Cryoglobulinemia ... #differential #