Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Cryoglobulinemia

G Kirkpatrick; T Winstone; P Wilcox; S Van Eeden

doi:10.1155/2015/203410

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2015)

Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Cryoglobulinemia

G Kirkpatrick,
T Winstone,
P Wilcox,
S Van Eeden

Affiliations

G Kirkpatrick: Department of Medicine, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
T Winstone: Department of Medicine, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
P Wilcox: Department of Medicine, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
S Van Eeden: Department of Medicine, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/203410
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 13 – 15

Abstract

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Pulmonary manifestations of cryoglobulinemia are uncommon and their clinical behaviour is unpredictable, ranging from mild dyspnea to life-threatening presentations. A patient with cryoglobulinemia who presented with hypoxic respiratory failure attributed to pulmonary hemorrhage is reported.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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