A role for hepatitis C virus infection in type II cryoglobulinemia
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may contribute to the development of type II cryoglobulinemia. Type II cryoglobulinemia is inflammation of blood or lymphatic vessels that is characterized by the formation of different types of cryoglobulins, or antibody complexes. Among 19 patients with type II cryoglobulinemia, eight (42%) had developed antibodies to HCV and 16 (84%) tested positive for the presence of HCV RNA, or genetic material, in their blood. Of nine patients with type I cryoglobulinemia, none had developed antibodies to HCV or tested positive for HCV RNA. Antibodies to HCV and HCV RNA were concentrated in cryoglobulins from the blood of patients with mixed type II cryoglobulinemia. Cryoglobulinemia may be caused by both HCV and HBV.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 1992
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A 74-year-old man with unrelenting dysphagia
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A 74-year-old man was admitted to a hospital with a seven-month history of difficulty swallowing. X-rays of his chest showed a constriction of his esophagus at the point where it connects to the stomach. He had lost 30 pounds in the month before the hospital admission. For this reason, his doctors suspected cancer, although a tumor could not be seen on the chest X-ray. Surgical removal of a section of his esophagus revealed a tumor called adenocarcinoma.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2000
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A 44-year-old woman with chilss, fever, jaundice, and hepatic abscesses
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A 44-year-old woman with abdominal pain, chills, fever, and jaundice was diagnosed with Oriental cholangiohepatitis. She was originally from southern China and had a history of a liver disease called intrahepatic stones.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2001
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