José C De La Flor, Jesús de María Sulca, Pablo Rodríguez, Daniel Villa, Edna Sandoval, Rocío Zamora, Maribel Monroy-Condori, Roxana Lipa, Henry Perez, Michael Cieza
Cryoglobulins are immunoglobulins that precipitate at temperatures below 37 °C and dissolve upon reheating. They can induce small-vessel vasculitis with renal involvement. Cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis is a rare manifestation that occurs in patients with monoclonal gammopathy, specifically Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. We present the case of a 52-year-old patient with a history of cutaneous vasculitis and hypothyroidism, who presented with generalized edema, moderate anemia, hypercholesterolemia, nephrotic range proteinuria of 12...
December 5, 2023: Medical Sciences: Open Access Journal