0 a condition in which the body contains large amounts of a type of protein that does not dissolve when the body temperature drops
It can be confused with essential mixed cryoglobulinemia.
For example, certain macroglobulins tend to precipitate within blood vessel with cold, a phenomenon known as cryoglobulinemia.
House notices that the patient's blood thickens dangerously when his body temperature drops (cryoglobulinemia), something that can not be faked.
Other causative conditions include infections, toxicities, antiphospholipid syndrome, cryoglobulinemia, neoplasms.
