Essential type II mixed cryoglobulinemia causing pyoderma gangrenosum-like ulcers.
A 47-year-old, otherwise healthy woman presented with multiple deep ulcers located primarily on her lower extremities that presented 6 days ago as blisters. A biopsy revealed livedoid vasculopathy, without any evidence of vasculitis. Extensive laboratory workup was positive only for type II cryoglobulins.
Namazi
M R
MR
Dermatology Department, Wake-Forest University Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina, USA. namazi_mr@yahoo.com
Kerchner
K R
KR
Pichardo
R O
RO
D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology