Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy associated with immune dysregulation

B-cell lymphopenia, polyclonal hypergammaglobulinaemia and raised free light chains, suggesting functional immunodeficiency despite numerically preserved T-cell subsets.This case is educationally important as it highlights the diagnostic challenge of recognising PML in patients with apparently preserved T-cell counts, the value of extended immune profiling (B-cell enumeration and immunoglobulin characterisation) in atypical presentations and the therapeutic dilemmas that arise when balancing immune recovery against control of autoimmune disease.

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BMJ Case Reports
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2026-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2025-267787
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Polyomavirus and related diseases
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Abstract

B-cell lymphopenia, polyclonal hypergammaglobulinaemia and raised free light chains, suggesting functional immunodeficiency despite numerically preserved T-cell subsets.This case is educationally important as it highlights the diagnostic challenge of recognising PML in patients with apparently preserved T-cell counts, the value of extended immune profiling (B-cell enumeration and immunoglobulin characterisation) in atypical presentations and the therapeutic dilemmas that arise when balancing immune recovery against control of autoimmune disease.

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