Idiopathic CD4-positive lymphocytopenia-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy confirmed by brain biopsy following negative results of repeated CSF-JC-virus tests : a case report

A 75-year-old man presented with dysarthria and left facial paralysis. Brain diffusion-weighted MRI revealed a high-signal intensity in the right precentral gyrus, and he was hospitalized under the diagnosis of cerebral infarction. His symptoms worsened and brain MRI findings were consistent with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) JC virus (JCV) was undetectable in the DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test four times, but brain biopsy revealed typical PML histopathology. He had no human immunodeficiency virus infection and history of immunosuppressive treatment, but he was found to have CD4+ lymphocytopenia. He was treated with mefloquine and mirtazapine, and died 29 months after symptoms onset. In cases whose repeated DNA PCR results are negative for CSF JCV, brain biopsy may be useful for the diagnosis of PML.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 58(2018), 12 vom: 21. Dez., Seite 750-755

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kano, Yuya [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Hiroyasu [VerfasserIn]
Sakurai, Keita [VerfasserIn]
Yoshida, Mari [VerfasserIn]
Miura, Yoshiharu [VerfasserIn]
Nakamichi, Kazuo [VerfasserIn]
Saijo, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Yuasa, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

A051Q2099Q
Brain biopsy
CSF-JCV DNA PCR
Case Reports
DNA, Viral
Idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia
Journal Article
Mefloquine
Mirtazapine
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Review
TML814419R

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Date Completed 30.01.2019

Date Revised 30.01.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001227

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM291183972