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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a lung transplant recipient. 2003

David Shitrit, and Lev Nirit, and Sheely I Shiran, and Gabriel Izbicki, and Dov Sofer, and Melamed Eldad, and Mordechai R Kramer
Pulmonary Institute, Rabin Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petah Tivka, Israel.

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a sub-acute, demyelinating disease of the brain caused by a human polyomavirus. We describe a patient with the onset of PML 7 months after lung transplantation. The patient was treated with immunosuppressive modulation and cidofovir, a new anti-viral therapy for PML, with stabilization of the symptoms. We also review the 4 additional reports in the literature of PML after heart and lung transplantation. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy may become more prevalent as the population of heart and lung transplantation recipients increases.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007968 Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal An opportunistic viral infection of the central nervous system associated with conditions that impair cell-mediated immunity (e.g., ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; and COLLAGEN DISEASES). The causative organism is JC Polyomavirus (JC VIRUS) which primarily affects oligodendrocytes, resulting in multiple areas of demyelination. Clinical manifestations include DEMENTIA; ATAXIA; visual disturbances; and other focal neurologic deficits, generally progressing to a vegetative state within 6 months. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1996, Ch26, pp36-7) Encephalitis, JC Polyomavirus,Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy,JC Polyomavirus Encephalopathy,Encephalopathies, JC Polyomavirus,Encephalopathy, JC Polyomavirus,JC Polyomavirus Encephalitis,Leukoencephalopathies, Progressive Multifocal,Multifocal Leukoencephalopathies, Progressive,Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive,Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathies
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016040 Lung Transplantation The transference of either one or both of the lungs from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Lung,Transplantation, Lung,Graftings, Lung,Lung Grafting,Lung Graftings,Lung Transplantations,Transplantations, Lung

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