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| Rego,Thiago Carlos Gonçalves; Massumoto,Celso Mitsushi; Batista,Rodrigo Siqueira; Moura,Larissa Hanauer de; Soares,Lygia Maria Costa; Gomes,Andréia Patrícia. |
| Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody has been successfully used to treat several self-immune diseases. The authors report the case of a 71 year-old female patient under the use of pegylated form of interferon á associated with ribavirin for the treatment of hepatitis C, who, after concluding the therapeutic program - negative Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - developed a severe cutaneous vasculitis, receiving the diagnostic of type II mixed cryoglobulinemia. Four sessions of plasmapheresis were prescribed along the period of 11 days, with no result. The choice made was to administer anti-CD 20 monoclonal antibody (rituximab), 375 mg/m², per week, during four consecutive weeks. One could observe fast recovery from the purpura, as well as total remission of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Anti-CD 20 monoclonal; Type II mixed cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C; Hodgkin's disease. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000100038 |
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| Schmitberger,Poliana Abrantes; Fernandes,Tássia Clara; Santos,Robson Corrêa; de Assis,Rafael Campos; Gomes,Andréia Patrícia; Siqueira,Priscila Karina; Vitorino,Rodrigo Roger; de Mendonça,Eduardo Gomes; de Almeida Oliveira,Maria Goreti; Siqueira-Batista,Rodrigo. |
| Erucism is a skin reaction to envenomation from certain poisonous caterpillar bristles. In Brazil, most reports of erucism provoked by Lonomia caterpillars are from the southern region. Most manifestations of erucism are local and include burning pain, itching, local hyperthermia and, rarely, blisters (benign symptoms with spontaneous regression in a few hours). General symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, headache, fever, myalgia, abdominal pain and conjunctivitis may also occur. Uncommon symptoms include arthritis, coagulation disorders (manifested as bruising and bleeding), intracerebral hemorrhage and acute renal failure, which comprise serious complications. The present study reports the case of 60-year-old patient from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
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| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992013000100501 |
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