Year: 1997
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 45-year-old Japanese man with Sjögren's syndrome developed recurrent skin ulcers, palpable purpura, and dyspnea. Serum mixed-type cryoglobulin level was elevated. A biopsy of his skin lesion showed the characteristic leukocytoclastic vasculitis of mixed-type cryoglobulinemia. Dyspnea, skin ulcers, and purpura resolved along with a reduction in the serum cryoglobulin level after prednisolone administration. This patient demonstrated cryoglobulinemia-associated vasculitis, as well as possible cryoglobulinemia-associated pulmonary symptoms.
Source: Internal Medicine
Authors: Masahiro KONISHI, Yasuo OHOSONE, Mami MATSUMURA, Yoshitaka OYAMADA, Kazuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Yoshie KAWAHARA, Tsuneyo MIMORI, Yasuo IKEDA
Institution: Keio University
Language: English
Subfield: Rheumatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2006031438