A case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with sarcoidosis

QJM. 2012 Oct;105(10):1011-6. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr154. Epub 2011 Sep 5.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / administration & dosage
  • Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage
  • Biopsy
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Hemianopsia / diagnosis
  • Hemianopsia / etiology*
  • Hemianopsia / physiopathology
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists / administration & dosage
  • Histological Techniques / methods
  • Humans
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome* / etiology
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome* / physiopathology
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome* / therapy
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects*
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / methods
  • JC Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal* / diagnosis
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal* / drug therapy
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal* / etiology
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal* / physiopathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mefloquine / administration & dosage
  • Mianserin / administration & dosage
  • Mianserin / analogs & derivatives
  • Middle Aged
  • Mirtazapine
  • Polyomavirus Infections* / diagnosis
  • Polyomavirus Infections* / drug therapy
  • Polyomavirus Infections* / etiology
  • Polyomavirus Infections* / physiopathology
  • Sarcoidosis / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Withholding Treatment

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Histamine H1 Antagonists
  • Mianserin
  • Mirtazapine
  • Mefloquine