Glioblastoma in natalizumab‐treated multiple sclerosis patients

نویسندگان

  • Fabian Sierra Morales
  • Robert B. Wright
  • Jorge E. Novo
  • Leonidas D. Arvanitis
  • Dusan Stefoski
  • Igor J. Koralnik
چکیده

We present two natalizumab-treated multiple sclerosis patients who developed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) with variable outcomes. One patient had an isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-wildtype GBM with aggressive behavior, who declined treatment and died 13 weeks after symptoms onset. The other patient underwent resection of an IDH-mutant secondary GBM that arose from a previously diagnosed grade II astrocytoma. He is still alive 5 years after the diagnosis of GBM. JC virus was not detected in either case. Whether natalizumab played a role in the development of GBM in those patients deserves further investigation.

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دوره 4  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2017