Livedo reticularis and Raynaud's phenomenon associated with cryoglobulinaemia but not related to hepatitis C virus in an HIV-1-positive patient
Muñoz-Pérez, M.A.; Rodriguez-Pichardo, A.; Camacho, F.; Colmenero, M.A.
European Journal of Dermatology Ejd 8(5): 357-358
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1167-1122 PMID: 9683872 Document Number: 493107
Symptomatic cryoglobulinaemia is infrequent in HIV-1-infected patients, but a few cases have been described [1-3], occasionally associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection [1, 3]. These cases showed rheumatologic [1] or neurologic manifestations [2, 3], but until now no cutaneous symptoms associated with cryoglobulinaemia in HIV-infected patients have been described. We report what we believe to be the first case of cutaneous, symptomatic cryoglobulinaemia in an HIV-1-positive patient, who, in addition, was HCV-negative.