Department of Neurology, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Japan.
Department of Neurology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan.
Intern Med. 2022 Dec 15;61(24):3733-3738. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.9296-21. Epub 2022 May 21.
Central nervous system methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder (CNS-MTX-LPD) is rare, but its spontaneous regression has been observed in some patients after withdrawal of agents. We herein report three cases of primary CNS-MTX-LPD that received oral MTX for rheumatoid arthritis. Epstein-Barr virus and oligoclonal bands (OCBs) were positive, while proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-MRS) showed an elevated lipid peak and slightly elevated choline/N-acetylaspartate ratio in common. After MTX withdrawal, brain lesions showed spontaneous regression in all cases. Our patient's H-MRS findings and OCBs may reflect a non-monoclonal lymphoproliferative histology as benign-type lesions in CNS-MTX-LPD.
中枢神经系统甲氨蝶呤相关性淋巴组织增生性疾病(CNS-MTX-LPD)较为罕见,但在一些患者停用药物后可自发消退。本文报告了 3 例接受甲氨蝶呤治疗类风湿关节炎的原发性 CNS-MTX-LPD 患者。这些患者的 EBV 和寡克隆区带(OCBs)均为阳性,质子磁共振波谱(H-MRS)显示共同的脂质峰升高和胆碱/N-乙酰天冬氨酸比值略有升高。停用 MTX 后,所有患者的脑部病变均自发消退。我们患者的 H-MRS 发现和 OCBs 可能反映了中枢神经系统 MTX-LPD 中非单克隆性淋巴组织增生的组织学,为良性病变。