Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy-remission with cytarabine

Autor: P. A. Daly, S. D. Gardner, Michael Hutchinson, T. O'Riordan, A. G. Shattock
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Journal of Infection. 20:51-54
ISSN: 0163-4453
DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(90)92324-e
Popis: A 51-year-old woman who was in complete remission from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, developed a rapidly progressive dementia. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) was diagnosed on the basis of a rising antibody titre to JC polyomavirus in cerebro-spinal fluid and serum and the presence of diffuse white matter changes on magnetic resonance imaging. She was treated initially with intravenous cytarabine and showed minimal improvement. Rapid improvement occurred when intrathecal cytarabine was added and the patient is in complete remission from both lymphoma and PML 20 months later.
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