A Kidney Transplant Recipient With Fulminant Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy-Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome: A Rare Clinical Outcome and Review of the Literature (CROSBI ID 302837)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Kirincich, Jason ; Basic-Jukic, Nikolina ; Radic, Josipa ; Lovric-Kujundzic, Sanja ; Kastelan, Zeljko
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A Kidney Transplant Recipient With Fulminant Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy-Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome: A Rare Clinical Outcome and Review of the Literature
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a devastating disease affecting the central nervous system that may be seen in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of a kidney transplant recipient who received tacrolimus, mycophenolic acid, and prednisone and who developed motor deficits, altered cognition, and speech abnormalities, which culminated in a coma. The diagnosis was made by detecting John Cunningham polyomavirus DNA with polymerase chain reaction and observing characteristic findings on magnetic resonance imaging. Soon after immunosuppressive therapy was withdrawn, the patient’s clinical status deteriorated due to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, and prednisone was administered. Unfortunately, the patient died about 9 months after onset of symptoms. This case serves to illustrate the fulminant progression of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and the possible complications that may arise when treating it.
Demyelinating disease, Fulminant progression, Immune suppression, Renal transplantation
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Podaci o izdanju
18 (2)
2020.
242-246
objavljeno
1304-0855
10.6002/ect.2018.0227
Povezanost rada
Kliničke medicinske znanosti