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Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis - 31/08/15

Doi : 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.02.017 
Patrice Cacoub, MD a, b, c, d, , Cloe Comarmond, MD a, b, c, d, Fanny Domont, MD a, d, Léa Savey, MD a, d, David Saadoun, MD, PhD a, b, c, d
a Sorbonne Universités, University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC), UMR 7211, and Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy Department (DHU i2B), Paris, France 
b Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicalé (INSERM), UMR_S 959, Paris, France 
c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), FRE3632, Paris, France 
d Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France 

Requests for reprints should be addressed to Patrice Cacoub, MD, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département de Médecine Interne et d'Immunologie Clinique, Paris F-75013, France.

Abstract

Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CryoVas) is a small-vessel vasculitis involving mainly the skin, the joints, the peripheral nervous system, and the kidneys. Type I CryoVas is single monoclonal immunoglobulins related to an underlying B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. Type II and III cryoglobulins, often referred to as mixed cryoglobulinemia, consist of polyclonal immunoglobulin (Ig)G with or without monoclonal IgM with rheumatoid factor activity. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection represents the main cause of mixed CryoVas. The 10-year survival rates are 63%, 65%, and 87% in HCV-positive mixed CryoVas, HCV-negative mixed CryoVas, and type I CryoVas patients, respectively. In HCV-positive patients, baseline poor prognostic factors include the presence of severe liver fibrosis, and central nervous system, kidney, and heart involvement. Treatment with antivirals is associated with a good prognosis, whereas use of immunosuppressants (including corticosteroids) is associated with a poor outcome. In HCV-negative patients, pulmonary and gastrointestinal involvement, renal insufficiency, and age > 65 years are independently associated with death. Increased risk of lymphoma also should be underlined. Treatment of type I CryoVas is that of the hemopathy; specific treatment also includes plasma exchange, corticosteroids, rituximab, and ilomedine. In HCV-CryoVas with mild-to-moderate disease, an optimal antiviral treatment should be given. For HCV-CryoVas with severe vasculitis (ie, worsening of renal function, mononeuritis multiplex, extensive skin disease, intestinal ischemia…) control of disease with rituximab, with or without plasmapheresis, is required before initiation of antiviral therapy. Other immunosuppressants should be given only in case of refractory forms of CryoVas, frequently associated with underlying B-cell lymphoma.

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Keywords : Cryoglobulinemia vasculitis, Cryoglobulins, HCV, Prognosis, Treatment


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 Funding: None.
 Conflict of Interest: PC has received consultancies, honoraria, advisory board, speakers' fees from Abbvie, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Gilead, Glaxo Smith Kline, Janssen, Merck Sharp Dohme, Pfizer, Roche, Servier, and Vifor. PC is an inventor of a patent application owned by his academic institution and licensed to ILTOO Pharma, a biotechnology company developing low-dose IL-2 in autoimmune diseases, in which in holds shares. DS has received consultancies, honoraria, advisory board, speakers' fees from Astra Zeneca, Medimmune, and Gilead. CC, FD, and LS have nothing to disclose.
 Authorship: All authors had access to the data and had a role in writing the manuscript.


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