title: Hepatitis C related cryoglobulinemia associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis.
abstract: We describe a patient with hepatitis C related cryoglobulinemia and associated retroperitoneal fibrosis who developed massive proteinuria resulting from renal vein thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Innenstadt, Munchen, Germany.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hofbauer
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Magerstadt
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Heufelder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology; D011866:Radioisotope Renography; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000503:physiopathology; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed