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Identification of Virions in Paraffin-Embedded Tissues

Rachel Morecki, MD; Robert S. Porro, MD

Arch Neurol. 1970;22(3):253-258.

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PROGRESSIVE multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a rare demyelinating disease first described in 1958 by Astrom et al.¹ Since then, close to 50 cases have been reported or reviewed.^2-16 With few exceptions, this demyelinating process is observed in patients with chronic diseases of the reticuloendothelial system, most commonly in leukemias and lymphomas. It has also been described in association with other neoplasms.

The lesions consist of patchy foci of demyelination distinguished by the presence of bizarre astrocytes and other glial cells believed to be oligodendrocytes which contain intranuclear inclusions. In 1965, Zu Rhein and Chou,¹¹ using thin section electron microscopy, were able to show that the intranuclear inclusions corresponded to large collections of virus-like particles. Later studies, including those employing the negative staining techniques for electron microscopy, suggested the close similarity between these particles and those of the polyoma SV40 subgroup of the papova viruses. Up to the present . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Laboratory Department, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Dr. Morecki), and the Department of Pathology, Cornell Medical School New York Hospital, and Memorial Hospital For Cancer and Allied Diseases (Dr. Porro), New York.

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Submitted for publication Aug 22, 1969; accepted Sept 11.

Reprint requests to Department of Pathology, Montefiore Hospital, 111 E 210th St, New York 10467 (Dr. Morecki).

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