Katherine Poinsatte,  —

Rituximab treatment effective in combined CAD, autoimmune disease

A man with rheumatoid arthritis and cold agglutinin disease (CAD) achieved complete remission following treatment with rituximab, an antibody-based therapy commonly used off-label for CAD, a recent case study indicates. Rituximab therapy also treated the man’s cooccurring immune thrombocytopenia, an autoimmune disorder marked by the destruction of platelets, which…

In girl, secondary cold agglutinin disease seen to mimic vasculitis

In a young girl in India, cold agglutinin disease (CAD) secondary to a respiratory infection resulted in symptoms suggestive of vasculitis, a group of conditions marked by blood vessel inflammation, a study reported. The symptoms mimicking vasculitis included blueish-blackish discoloration of the nose’s tip that indicated tissue cell death…