Corticosteroid pulse therapy and plasma exchange may be an effective early management strategy for severe acute lung injury in patients with mixed cryoglobulinemia.
Pulmonary involvement in cryoglobulinemia usually is mild. We present a rare case of severe lung involvement in mixed cryoglobulinemia. A 73-year-old woman with cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis was admitted. Dyspnea appeared suddenly two days later. She received the diagnosis of acute lung injury according to the concept proposed by the American-European Consensus Conference. Management required corticosteroid pulse therapy and plasma exchange. This case is the first description of successful early and long-term management of severe lung involvement observed in cryoglobulinemia. Although she has been free of chest symptoms for seven months, further follow-up may be necessary to assess the potential danger of relapse.
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