• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Epstein–Barr virus associated CNS lymphoproliferative disorder after long-term immunosuppression
  • Beteiligte: Lee, Andrew; Bridges, Leslie R; Lloyd, Mark; Barker, Robert; Wren, Damian R; Galtrey, Clare M
  • Erschienen: BMJ, 2019
  • Erschienen in: Practical Neurology
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2019-002356
  • ISSN: 1474-7766; 1474-7758
  • Schlagwörter: Neurology (clinical) ; General Medicine
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>The incidence of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)associated lymphoproliferative disorders has increased with greater use of immunomodulatory therapies. We present a woman who developed subacute cognitive decline and unilateral weakness while taking long-term mycophenolate mofetil for granulomatosis with polyangiitis; her postmortem brain histopathology confirmed an EBV-driven lymphoproliferative disorder. Clinicians must have a high index of suspicion for EBV-driven lymphoma in people taking long-term immunosuppression who develop new neurological problems. We review the role of mycophenolate mofetil in EBV-driven lymphoproliferative disorders, and discuss checking EBV status in all patients starting immunosuppression and in older people already taking immunosuppression.</jats:p>