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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in multiple myeloma: a case report of a patient with SARS-CoV-2 infection and an updated systematic literature review.

Matteo PaolucciLuana GentileMauro GentileAnnamaria BorghiElena MerliElisa MarchionniLuca GuerraSimone GalluzzoNicola CilloniLuigi SimonettiAndrea Zini
Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2023)
PML has been increasingly described in MM patients. It remains questionable if the HPyV-2 reactivation is determined by the severity of MM itself, by the effect of drugs or by a combination of both. SARS-CoV-2 infection may have a role in worsening PML in affected patients.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • ejection fraction
  • chronic kidney disease
  • multiple myeloma
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • multiple sclerosis
  • case report
  • coronavirus disease