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We reported a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (AIDS-PML), whose condition improved after highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). A 70-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of worsening left hemiplegia and disturbance of consciousness. During the past 30 years, he frequently traveled to the United States and southeast Asia. On neurological examination, he was somnolent and left hemiplegia with severe rigospasticity was present. The deep tendon reflexes showed hyper-reflexes with extensor plantar responses. Laboratory studies showed pancytopenia and positive HIV-1 antibodies. The CD4 cell count was 38/mm3 and his HIV viral RNA load in the blood was 9,500 copies/ml. T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed asymmetrical high intensity white matter lesions in the right fronto-parietal, and left frontal regions and in the cerebellar hemisphere. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein elevated to 91 mg/dl with a normal cell count. The diagnosis of PML was confirmed by the detection of JC virus DNA in the CSF using a nested polymerase chain reaction assay. Three weeks after starting HAART with zidovudine, lamivudine, and indinavir, he was able to respond to simple commands. Two months later, the HIV viral RNA load decreased to less than 400 copies/mm3, and no JC virus DNA was detected in the CSF, with an increase of the CD4 cell count to 285/mm3 in the blood. A follow-up MRI of the brain showed a reduction in the cerebellar and cerebral white matter lesions. The recovering immune function by decreasing of the HIV load after HAART might suppress JC virus replication. It was suggested that HAART would become a beneficial treatment for patients with AIDS-PML.
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PMID:[Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy treated with highly active anti-retroviral therapy]. 1121 4

A 53-year-old male was admitted because of pancytopenia and chronic subdural hematoma. Bone marrow was hypercellular with 97% blasts, which expressed CD10, CD19, CD20, and immunoglobulin mu and gamma chains on the cell surface and had chromosomal abnormalities including t(8 ; 22)(q24 ; q11). The patient was diagnosed as having Burkitt leukemia. Because hemiplegia and disturbance of consciousness developed rapidly, the patient was treated with an emergency drainage operation followed by Hyper-CVAD therapy and achieved a sustained complete remission. Dural infiltration of leukemic cells as well as thrombocytopenia was implicated in the pathogenesis of the subdural hematoma, which contained numerous blasts.
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PMID:[Successful treatment with drainage of hematoma and chemotherapy in a case of Burkitt leukemia presenting with subdural hematoma]. 1644 61

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG) is an angiocentric lymphoproliferative disease. It usually involves lung, skin, and central nervous system, but splenomegaly and pancytopenia are the rare manifestations of the disease. We report a 15-year-old boy presented with fever, dry cough and dyspnea from two months ago, after admission patient had nodular lesions on the left leg and hepatosplenomegaly. Then he manifested neurologic signs such as seizure, aphasia and right-sided hemiplegia. Chest X-ray and CT scan revealed bilateral pulmonary nodules predominantly in lower lobes and peripheral lung fields. Laboratory exams showed pancytopenia. Skin biopsy was done, and histopathological examination and immunohistochemistry evaluation confirmed lymphomatoid granulomatosis. He was treated with steroid and cyclophosphamide but succumbed by neurologic involvement.
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PMID:Lymphomatoid granulomatosis with splenomegaly and pancytopenia. 2067 11