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 ZiniPublished 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.