These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia in a patient with Sjögren syndrome.
    Author: Hayashi Y, Kimura A, Kato S, Koumura A, Sakurai T, Tanaka Y, Hozumi I, Sunden Y, Orba Y, Sawa H, Takahashi H, Inuzuka T.
    Journal: J Neurol Sci; 2008 May 15; 268(1-2):195-8. PubMed ID: 18234228.
    Abstract:
    We report progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia in a 71-year-old man with Sjögren syndrome (SjS). The patient was admitted to our hospital because of progressive dementia and gait disturbance. T2-weighted MR images showed high-intensity lesions in his left frontal white matter thalamus, cerebellum and brainstem. A pathological diagnosis of PML was made by brain biopsy. SjS is frequently accompanied with immunological complications; however, there are few reports on PML in patients with SjS. Recently, isolated CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia is reported to be one of the based immunological conditions associated with the development of PML. In the present case, CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia was also observed on admission, which is also associated with SjS.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]