Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune hepatitis. 2022

Saranya Gomathy, and Baikuntha Panigrahi, and Praveen Kumar Tirlangi, and Naveet Wig, and Megha Brijwal, and Mehar C Sharma, and Ajay Garg, and Manjari Tripathi, and Srikant Mohta, and Ramesh Doddamani, and Deepti Vibha, and Rajesh Kumar Singh, and Rajni Yadav, and Saumya Sahu, and Vaishali Suri, and Kavneet Kaur, and Madhavi Tripathi, and Anshu Rohatgi, and Arunmozhimaran Elavarasi
Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare demyelinating central nervous system illness encountered in the setting of immunosuppressive conditions like human immunodeficiency virus / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, autoimmune diseases and hematologic malignancies. We had a 54-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and coexisting autoimmune hepatitis who presented with progressive cognitive decline, right hemiparesis and ataxia who was found to have PML. She had severe CD4 lymphopenia. She was managed with low-dose prednisolone and plasma exchange after which she showed significant clinical improvement. This case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges encountered in managing a case of PML in the setting of autoimmune conditions with profound lymphopenia.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007166 Immunosuppressive Agents Agents that suppress immune function by one of several mechanisms of action. Classical cytotoxic immunosuppressants act by inhibiting DNA synthesis. Others may act through activation of T-CELLS or by inhibiting the activation of HELPER CELLS. While immunosuppression has been brought about in the past primarily to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, new applications involving mediation of the effects of INTERLEUKINS and other CYTOKINES are emerging. Immunosuppressant,Immunosuppressive Agent,Immunosuppressants,Agent, Immunosuppressive,Agents, Immunosuppressive
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
D008180 Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown etiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system. The disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of LE cells in the blood or bone marrow. Libman-Sacks Disease,Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,Disease, Libman-Sacks,Libman Sacks Disease
D008231 Lymphopenia Reduction in the number of lymphocytes. Lymphocytopenia,Lymphocytopenias,Lymphopenias
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D019693 Hepatitis, Autoimmune A chronic self-perpetuating hepatocellular INFLAMMATION of unknown cause, usually with HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA and serum AUTOANTIBODIES. Autoimmune Chronic Hepatitis,Autoimmune Hepatitis,Autoimmune Chronic Hepatitides,Autoimmune Hepatitides,Chronic Hepatitides, Autoimmune,Chronic Hepatitis, Autoimmune,Hepatitides, Autoimmune,Hepatitides, Autoimmune Chronic,Hepatitis, Autoimmune Chronic

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