Successful treatment of non-HIV progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: case report and literature review.
Mai HamaguchiKeisuke SuzukiHiroaki FujitaTakeo UzukaHadzki MatsudaYukiko Shishido-HaraSatoko AraiToshiki NakamuraShigeru KikuchiKazuo NakamichiMasayuki SaijoKoichi HirataPublished in: Journal of neurology (2019)
PML should be considered in the differential diagnosis of brain lesions limited to the cerebellum and brainstem in immunocompromised patients. The presence of immune response against JC virus and inflammatory reactions may indicate good prognosis in non-HIV brainstem/cerebellar form PML.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- immune response
- hiv infected
- end stage renal disease
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv testing
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- multiple sclerosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- oxidative stress
- south africa
- dendritic cells
- resting state
- toll like receptor
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- blood brain barrier
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- mechanical ventilation