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ArticleBMC neurology2025

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and drug related sarcoid-like reaction.

Joumana Freiha, Effie Grand, Ben Marshall, Ramamurthy Arunchalam, Ashwin Pinto, Chinar Osman

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Article in BMC neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Prevalence and impact of comorbidities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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6 authors.

Joumana FreihaDepartment of Neurology, Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK. Joumanafreiha@gmail.com.
Effie GrandDepartment of Haematology, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury, UK.
Ben MarshallDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Ramamurthy ArunchalamDepartment of Clinical Neurophysiology, Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Ashwin PintoDepartment of Neurology, Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Chinar OsmanDepartment of Neurology, Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcoid-like reaction is an immunological reaction that can affect lymph nodes and organs but does not meet the diagnostic criteria for systemic sarcoidosis. Anti-CD20 auto-antibodies have been reported to be responsible for such reactions. There are several reported associations between Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Sarcoid-like reactions (SLR). We report a case of ALS developing in a patient with treated CLL and drug related SLR one day after exposure to Venetoclax and Rituximab. A 60-year-old male presented with lower limb rash, left leg weakness followed by bulbar symptoms which progressed over 12-months. Workup demonstrated a Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis and inguinal lymphadenopathy. Skin and inguinal lymph node biopsies showed non-necrotising granulomata. Electromyography met diagnostic criteria for ALS. He was treated for presumed neurosarcoidosis mimicking ALS. Despite prednisolone and infliximab treatment, the motor symptoms rapidly progressed; Hence, we made a clinical diagnosis of ALS. We discuss the diagnostic and treatment challenges of this case.

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Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellSarcoidosisHumansMaleMiddle AgedRituximabSulfonamidesRituximabSulfonamides

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PMID39799324
PMCPMC11724439

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