[Cryofibrinogenemia caused by monoclonal anti-fibrinogen antibodies]. / Kryofibrinogenämie durch monoklonale Anti-Fibrinogen-Antikörper.
Dtsch Med Wochenschr
; 121(36): 1084-9, 1996 Sep 06.
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in De
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8846753
ABSTRACT
HISTORY AND CLINICAL FINDINGS:
For nine years a 54-year-old woman had been suffering from worsening treatment-resistant cold-dependent purpura of the limbs as well as cutaneous ulcerations and arthralgia, which recently had occurred even at a even slight decrease in room temperature. INVESTIGATIONS A special form of cryofibrinogenemia was identified by affinity-chromatographic separation of a plasma cryoprecipitate. From this cryoprecipitate a monoclonal antifibrinogen antibody (IgG-kappa) was isolated which, in the cold, formed a precipitating complex with fibrinogen. Paraproteinaemia was not demonstrated by conventional serum and plasma electrophoresis. There was no evidence of neoplasma. TREATMENT AND COURSE Attempted treatment with steroids, fibrinolytic agents and intravenous cyclophosphamide was unsuccessful. But long-term repeated plasmaphereses and anti-immunoglobulin adsorption improved the symptoms. After 5 years of this treatment-14 years after onset of symptoms-the patient died of the consequences of fulminant pulmonary embolism.CONCLUSION:
To establish the diagnosis of monoclonal cryofibrinogenemia it is necessary, first, to identify the cryoprecipitate in plasma; secondly, to undertake affinity-chromatographic separation of the cryoprecipitate with subsequent analysis of its components.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Purpura
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Autoantibodies
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Fibrinogens, Abnormal
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
De
Journal:
Dtsch Med Wochenschr
Year:
1996
Document type:
Article