Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
Volume 3, Issue 2 pp. 185-188
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Intravascular crystals provide diagnostic clue in diagnosis of monoclonal cryoglobulinemia

Susan E. Kindel, 

Susan E. Kindel

Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA. USA.

Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA. USA.

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Peter Lu, 

Peter Lu

Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA. USA.

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Bruce R. Smoller, 

Corresponding Author

Bruce R. Smoller

Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA. USA.

Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA. USA.

Dr B. Smoller, Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.Search for more papers by this author
First published: March 1994
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.1994.tb00095.x

Abstract

Monoclonal cryoglobulinemia is a relatively uncommon disorder that may involve the skin at the time of presentation. We present here a case in which the histological observation of eosinophilic crystals within dermal blood vessels provided the initial diagnostic clue to making the final diagnosis.

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