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Fırat Tıp Dergisi |
2017, Cilt 22, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 043-044 |
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A Case of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy During Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia |
Çetin Kürşad AKPINAR1, Emrah AYTAÇ2, Sibel ÇELİKER USLU1, Alper ARSLAN1, Bilge PİRİ ÇINAR1 |
1Samsun Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Nöroloji Kliniği, Samsun, Türkiye 2Fırat Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı, Elazığ, Türkiye |
Latent John Cunningham virus reactivates in immunosuppressed individuals and rarely it can cause Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy.
67-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency service with a complaint of seizure and he was given diazem and phenytoin therapy with a
diagnosis of status epilepticus. Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in remission was found in his anamnesis. Lesion that could be compatible with
Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy was detected in brain magnetic resonance imaging with contrast, perfussion magnetic resonance imaging and
magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The case died in the fifth month of follow-up. This article has presented a case of rare Progressive Multifocal
Leukoencephalopathy in the course of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
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