granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare vasculitis of small and medium sized blood vessels.CASE DESCRIPTION\nThirteen-year-old male, with history of rhinitis and asthma, who presented to the emergency room with one week of asthenia, arthralgias and myalgias and two days of fever. A...
The antibodies can aggregate and deposit in small blood vessels and cause vasculitis (blood vessel inflammation). Symptoms of cryoglobulinemia include joint pain and swelling, a purple skin rash, swelling of the legs, and nerve pain. Abnormal blood flow resulting from cryoglobulinemia may lead to ...
Chronic HCV infection is also associated withcryoglobulinemia, the accumulation of abnormalantibodiesthat are made in response to certain diseases or infections. The antibodies canaggregateand deposit in smallblood vesselsand cause vasculitis (blood vesselinflammation). Symptoms of cryoglobulinemia include join...