Acute type II cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis mimicking atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease.
Affiliation
Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland. modelian@gmail.comIssue Date
2012-01-31T16:46:45ZMeSH
AgedAtherosclerosis/*diagnosis
Cryoglobulinemia/*complications
Epoprostenol/administration & dosage
Female
Fingers/blood supply
Heel
Humans
Ischemia/physiopathology
Methylprednisolone/administration & dosage
Necrosis
Pulse Therapy, Drug
Regional Blood Flow
Skin Ulcer/drug therapy/*pathology/physiopathology
Smoking/adverse effects
Vasculitis/*diagnosis/drug therapy
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Ir J Med Sci. 2010 Sep;179(3):435-7. Epub 2008 Aug 19.Journal
Irish journal of medical scienceDOI
10.1007/s11845-008-0203-6PubMed ID
18712269Abstract
Atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease is a common presenting cause for digital ischaemia in life long smokers. Acute severe Type II Cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis is a rare yet important cause, which may present with similar clinical features and which if undiagnosed may be rapidly fatal. Following the instigation of therapy with intravenous methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide this patient made an excellent recovery.Language
engISSN
1863-4362 (Electronic)0021-1265 (Linking)
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s11845-008-0203-6