SİMON VAN MİGEM, ARNAUD DEVRESSE, VERA PİCHİERRİ, HÉLÈNE GEORGERY, THİERRY DUPREZ, PHİLİPPE HANTSON
Experimental and Clinical Transplantation - 2022;20(12):1126-1130
The finding of white matter damage on brain magnetic resonance imaging may correspond to a wide variety of etiologies. The differential diagnosis may be particularly difficult in immunocompromised patients with a specific autoimmune disease or who are receiving medications after a solid-organ transplant. Herein, we describe the case of a 22-year-old woman who developed serious neurological complications after an acute rejection of a kidney graft that she had received a few months previous to treat a systemic lupus erythematosus-related nephritis. We discuss the possible hypotheses underlying the development of acute leukoencephalopathy in this setting.
