Abstract
Mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC) is a systemic vasculitis, secondary to the deposition in small and medium-sized blood vessels of circulating immune complexes, mainly the cryoglobulins, and complement. MC is characterised by a typical clinical triad (purpura, weakness, arthralgias) and by one or more organ involvement: chronic hepatitis, glomerulonephritis, peripheral neuropathy, skin ulcers and diffuse vasculitis. In a limited number of MC patients, a malignancy, that is B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or hepatocellular carcinoma, may also develop. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been found in the majority of patients with MC; the frequency of HCV markers (91%) was significantly higher than other rheumatic diseases (6.4%), namely systemic lupus, Sjögren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis, or healthy controls (1.2%). The HCV infection of lymphoid tissues may represent the remote event leading to B-lymphocyte proliferation responsible for autoantibodies and immune-complex production. In a similar way, HCV infection may also be involved in the pathogenesis of other autoimmune (glomerulonephritis, thyroiditis, lung fibrosis, autoimmune hepatitis, porphyria cutanea tarda) and lymphoproliferative disorders (mono...Continue Reading
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