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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2014 Apr 28;75(5):659–669. doi: 10.1002/ana.24144

Table 2. Occurrence of HCS in all PML subpopulations.

HCS+ HCS -
Total number of patients 30 19
HIV+ patients 13 6
HIV- patients: total 17 13
 Multiple sclerosis 3 0
 Hematologic malignancies 7* 6**
 Hematologic disease other 4 3††
 Auto-immune disease 1 2‡‡
 Other 2§ 2§§

Abbreviations: HCS= hyperintense cortical signal; PML = progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus

*

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (n=5), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (n=1), follicular center cell lymphoma (n=1)

**

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia(n=4), non-Hodgkin lymphoma(n=1), NK cell leukemia(n=1)

Good syndrome(n=1), Idiopathic lymphocytopenia(n=2), lymphomatoid granulomatosis(n=1)

††

Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia(n=2), common variable immunodeficiency(n=1)

lupus erythematosus(n=1)

‡‡

dermatomyositis(n=1), rheumatoid arthritis(n=1)

§

brainstem glioma(n=1), lung transplant(n=1)

§§

cirrhosis(n=2)