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Proton MR Spectroscopy of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy−Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
  
    	
V. Cuvinciuc, G. Martin-Blondel, B. Marchou and F. Bonneville

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2010,  31 (8) E69-E70; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2160 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
We read with great interest the article by Bag et al1 entitled “JC Virus Infection of the Brain.” In this work, the authors dedicated a significant section to the inflammatory forms of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), referred to as PML-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). The authors underlined how this diagnosis may be challenging because there is no available biomarker of PML-IRIS and also because the suggestive MR imaging findings of PML-IRIS, namely the onset of contrast enhancement and/or mass effect of white matter T2 hyperintensities, are inconsistently present.1,2 Thus, proton MR (1H-MR) spectroscopy, a technique that studies the metabolism of the brain and lesions in vivo, could be of interest in demonstrating specific modifications in cases of PML-IRIS. However, as Bag et al1 noticed, while 1H-MR spectroscopy has already been reported in PML, the literature lacks spectroscopic descriptions of PML-IRIS. Herein, we wanted to briefly report our experience with serial 1H-MR spectroscopy in a patient with PML-IRIS.
A 48-year-old man was admitted with a right frontal cerebral toxoplasmic abscess revealing human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection. After the abscess was evacuated emergently, MR imaging was performed and showed confluent T2 hyperintensity in the left corona radiata, with no gadolinium uptake, compatible with PML (Fig 1A). Short TE 1H-MR spectroscopy of the left corona radiata lesion showed a mild elevation of choline (Cho), a diminution of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), the presence of lactate (Lac)/lipids at 1.3 ppm, and the presence of myo-inositol (mIns) (Fig 1B). Combined antiretroviral treatment was started. Two months later, the patient developed subacute right hemiplegia, while the HIV load had decreased by >2 log10 copies/mL. MR imaging showed a marked increase of the left white matter T2 hyperintensity, with mass effect (Fig 1C) and contrast enhancement. Subsequent short and long TE proton spectra showed an additional increase of Cho and Lac/lipid peaks (Fig 1D), compared with the spectrum of PML acquired before combined antiretroviral treatment initiation and immune restoration. Stereotactic brain biopsy further confirmed PML-IRIS.
Fig 1.
Fig 1. 

A, Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) axial image shows high signal intensity in the left corona radiata, compatible with PML. Note the right frontal postsurgical appearance after evacuation of a cerebral abscess. B, Short TE spectroscopy shows increased Cho, free lipids (and/or Lac), and diminished NAA. C, After 2 months of treatment, with adapted biologic response but paradoxic clinical worsening, axial FLAIR image reveals an enlargement of the left T2 hyperintensity with obvious mass effect on the ipsilateral ventricle. D, Short TE spectroscopy shows further increase in Cho, Lac, and free lipid peaks (long TE not shown). Glx indicates glutamine/glutamate; lip, lipid; mI, myo-inositol.
In conclusion and responding to Bag et al,1 we report a case of paradoxic PML-IRIS with serial MR spectroscopy features consistent with an increased inflammatory response. While the elevation of the mIns/creatine ratio has been shown to be associated with better survival rates in patients with PML,3 we propose that serial spectroscopy could be a diagnostic marker of PML-IRIS, deserving further study.
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