ReviewAnnals of hematology2021
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in multiple myeloma. A literature review and lessons to learn.
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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.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023Pooled it
- Pembrolizumab Experience in a Patient with Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Following Multiple Myeloma Treatment: A Case Report and Literature Review.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2026Article
- Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy Recipients: A Case Study.Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology · 2025Article
- Genetics of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: update on case reports with an inborn error of immunity and risk variants found in drug-linked cases.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
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- Nationwide Laboratory Surveillance of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in Japan: Fiscal Years 2011-2020.Viruses · 2023Article
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with multiple myeloma: a case report and analysis of the FDA adverse event reporting system.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Cerebral lesions in hematological malignancies: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2021Article
- BK and JC polyomavirus co-infection resulting in polyomavirus nephropathy and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy at the same time, a case report.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious DiseasesArticle
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Abstract
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare opportunistic infection with high mortality rate usually seen in the context of immunosuppression. Although cases have been reported largely in patients with HIV/AIDS, following the use of monoclonal antibodies and occasionally in haematological malignancies, there is no review to date of patients with smouldering or treated myeloma who developed PML. Here, we conducted a literature search of PML cases in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), analyse patient and disease characteristics and describe the possible mechanisms that could lead to the development of PML. The lack of data and case reports until 2010 may indicate that PML in MM is underdiagnosed. Simultaneously, with an expanding field of new therapeutic options, patients with MM live longer, albeit continually immunosuppressed, and at risk of opportunistic infections. Emerging new treatments for PML in the horizon render the need to look out for this complication mandatory, and more case reports are needed to enrich our knowledge in this field.
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