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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2011 Aug;70(2):305–322. doi: 10.1002/ana.22408

Table 1. Clinical Characteristics of PML Cases Following Transplantation from 4 Academic Medical Centers.

Case Number Age/Sex Underlying Diagnosis Transplantation Type Presenting Features Time to PML Symptom Onset from Transplantation (mo) Time to Diagnosis from Symptom Onset (mo) Method of Diagnosis Survival Following PML Diagnosis (mo)
1 42/F Hepatitis C, alcohol abuse Liver HA, hand clumsiness, dysarthria 1 2 CSF Still alive (155+)
2 50/M Mantle cell lymphoma Bone marrow Irritability, memory loss, tremors 14 9 Suspected 34
3 56/F Cryptogenic cirrhosis Liver Cortical blindness, seizures, hemiparesis <1a 9 Autopsy 9
4 47/M Histiocytosis X Lung Encephalopathy 63 1 Suspected 64
5 47/F Amyloidosis Heart Cortical blindness 15 3 Brain biopsyb 13
6 64/M Dilated cardiomyopathy Heart Encephalopathy 55 1 Suspected 43
7 39/F Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Lung Ataxia 42 3 CSF 51
8 68/M Cryptogenic cirrhosis Liver Hemiparesis 8 <1 CSF 9
9 56/F Hepatitis C Liver Hemiparesis, hemianesthesia 116 8 CSF 124
10 68/M Chronic lymphocytic leukemia transformed to B-cell lymphoma Bone Marrow Ataxia, aphasia 3 1 CSF, brain biopsy 5
11 55/M Chronic membranous nephropathy Kidney Ataxia, dysarthria 32 2 CSF 34
12 62/F Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Bilateral lung Memory loss, ataxia, falls 27 <1 CSF 16
13 45/M Hypertensive nephropathy Kidney Cognitive slowing, hemiparesis 202 1 CSF 204
14 43/M Acute myeloid leukemia Bone marrow Diplopia 20 1 CSF Still alive (44+)
15 40/M Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis Kidney Monoparesis 48 12 CSF Still alive (13+)
a

Patient was diagnosed with PRES in life; symptoms may have represented PRES or PML.

b

CSF PCR negative for JC virus in life.

CSF = cerebrospinal fluid; HA = headache; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; PML = progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; PRES = posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.