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main_causes_of_cryoglobulinemia

Hematologic disorders

  • Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  • Monoclonal gammopathy of clinical significance

Systemic autoimmune diseases

  • Sjögren’s syndrome
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Rheumatoid arthritis

Chronic viral infections

  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis B
  • Human immunodeficiency virus

Others (very rare)

  • Viral infections (e.g., adenovirus, herpes viruses, Epstein–Barr virus, varicella–zoster virus, human T-cell leukemia virus type 1, influenza virus, parvovirus B19, rubella virus)
  • Bacterial infections (e.g., brucella, infective endocarditis, Lyme disease, rickettsia, syphilis)
  • Fungal infections (e.g., coccidioidomycosis)
  • Parasitic infections (e.g., echinococcosis, leishmaniasis, malaria, schistosomiasis, toxoplasmosis, trypanosomiasis)