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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy associated with chemotherapy induced lymphocytopenia in solid tumors - case report of an underestimated complication.

Document type:
Case Reports
Author(s):
Mayr, Patrick; Lutz, Mathias; Schmutz, Maximilian; Hoeppner, Jens; Liesche-Starnecker, Friederike; Schlegel, Jürgen; Gaedcke, Jochen; Claus, Rainer
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: JC virus reactivation causing progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) occurs preferentially in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive individuals or patients suffering from hematologic neoplasms due to impaired viral control. Reactivation in patients suffering from solid malignancies is rarely described in published literature. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we describe a case of PML in a male patient suffering from esophageal cancer who underwent neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Front Oncol
Year:
2022
Journal volume:
12
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.905103
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36003787
Print-ISSN:
2234-943X
TUM Institution:
Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie
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