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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Abed, Elsayed
• El-Adawey, Ahmed Farag
• Rashad, Mohamed Hamed
• Essmat, Ahmed
• Ali, Mohammed
• Elsheshiny, Ahmed Hassan
• Fayed, Abdel-Ghaffar
• Elbaz, Fathy
• Ahmed, Mahmoud Galal
• Abna, Zohreh
• Khater, Shaimaa Sayed

Titel

HIV-Associated Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: A Case Study

Ist Teil von

• Acta medica Indonesiana, 2023-04, Vol.55 (2), p.211-214

Ort / Verlag

Indonesia: Interna Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare, life-threatening, infectious, lytic, demyelinating disease that results from reactivation of the virulent JC polyomavirus (JCV) "major opportunistic infection" in immunosuppressed individuals. We reported a case of a young girl who presented with new onset focal neurological defect, evaluated, and laboratory and radiological findings in the context of a clinical setting confirmed HIV-related-PML infection. However, remyelination does not occur, the patients may develop complications in the long term including cognitive impairment, sensory deficits, motor deficits, and disturbances in balance. We must increase our knowledge about HIV- related PML in any patient with reduced immunity and who presented with new onset neurological defect.