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ArticleTherapeutic advances in neurological disorders2021

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in seven patients with sarcoidosis: a critical discussion of treatment and prognosis.

Maike F Dohrn, Gisa Ellrichmann, Rastislav Pjontek, Carsten Lukas, Jens Panse, Ralf Gold, Jörg B Schulz, Burkhard Gess, Simone C Tauber

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Article in Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maike F DohrnDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr. 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5320-9807
Gisa EllrichmannDepartment of Neurology, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Rastislav PjontekDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Carsten LukasDepartment of Radiology, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Jens PanseDepartment of Oncology, Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Ralf GoldDepartment of Neurology, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Jörg B SchulzDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Burkhard GessDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Simone C TauberDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DESt. Josef-Hospital · DEJülich Aachen Research Alliance · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a subacute brain infection by the opportunistic John Cunningham (JC) virus. Herein, we describe seven patients with PML, lymphopenia, and sarcoidosis, in three of whom PML was the first manifestation of sarcoidosis. At onset, the clinical picture comprised rapidly progressive spastic hemi- or limb pareses as well as disturbances of vision, speech, and orientation. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging showed T2-hyperintense, confluent, mainly supratentorial lesions. Four patients developed punctate contrast enhancement as a radiological sign of an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), three of them having a fatal course. In the cerebrospinal fluid, the initial JC virus load (8-25,787 copies/ml) did not correlate with interindividual severity; however, virus load corresponded to clinical dynamics. Brain biopsies (

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