Possible progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and active multiple sclerosis under dimethyl fumarate: the central role of MRI in informing therapeutic decisions.
Elena Augusta VolaMaria PetraccaSirio CocozzaMarcello De AngelisAntonio CarotenutoGiuseppe PontilloVincenzo Brescia MorraEnrico TedeschiRoberta LanzilloPublished in: BMC neurology (2021)
This case highlights the challenges behind PML diagnosis, especially in patients not fulfilling the risk stratification criteria and that might present with concurrent disease activity, stressing the potential role of MRI in informing therapeutic decisions.
Keyphrases
- multiple sclerosis
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- contrast enhanced
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- ankylosing spondylitis
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- diffusion weighted imaging
- magnetic resonance
- locally advanced