COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS IN A PATIENT WITH MIXED CRYOGLOBULINEMIA AND CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C

Authors
PALAZZI C DAMICO E FRATELLI V BUONAGUIDI R CONSOLI G
Citation
C. Palazzi et al., COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS IN A PATIENT WITH MIXED CRYOGLOBULINEMIA AND CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C, Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 14(1), 1996, pp. 75-77
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical and experimental rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0392856X
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
75 - 77
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-856X(1996)14:1<75:CHIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
This report describes a case of communicating hydrocephalus (CH), asso ciated with mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC), which complicated chronic hep atitis C. The possible role of MC vasculitis and plasma hyperviscosity in the pathogenesis of CH is also discussed. Furthermore, we suggest screening MC patients for CH and to search for cryoglobulins in CH pat ients whose etiology is unknown.