CASE REPORTS - Persistent cryoglobulinemic vasculitis following successful treatment of hepatitis C virus

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J Rheumatol. 2005 Jun;32(6):1164-7.

Persistent cryoglobulinemic vasculitis following successful treatment of

hepatitis C virus.

Levine JW, Gota C, Fessler BJ, Calabrese LH, SM.

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Division, University of Vermont College

of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.

There is a well established link between type II mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC)

and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and HCV is believed to be the cause

of cryoprotein formation and tissue deposition. Successful treatment of HCV

infection has resulted in resolution of cryoglobulinemia and vasculitis. We

describe 4 patients who had persistent MC and vasculitis despite successful

eradication of HCV with antiviral therapy.

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