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Paradoxical brain embolism associated with HCV-related type II mixed cryoglobulinemia.

Shibazaki K, Iguchi Y, Kimura K, Wada K, Ueno Y, Sunada Y

Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama, 701-0192, Japan. shibaken@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp

Central nervous system involvement in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cryoglobulinemia is uncommon. We report a patient with HCV-related type II mixed cryoglobulinemia who suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA) associated with deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. The mechanism of TIA was diagnosed as paradoxical embolism, and we suspect that the cause of the TIA was associated with HCV-related type II mixed cryoglobulinemia.

Published 19 June 2007 in J Clin Neurosci, 14(8): 780-2.
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