CD8+ T-cell encephalitis mimicking PRES in AIDS: a case report

Mayu Ishiguro1, Yuji Ueno2, Yuta Ishiguro1

  • 1Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.

BMC Neurology
|May 14, 2020
PubMed
Summary

A rare case of CD8+ encephalitis in an acquired immune deficiency syndrome patient was exacerbated by paradoxical immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after antiretroviral therapy, mimicking PRES. Corticosteroids proved effective.