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PCNSL: risk factors

• Immunosuppression

– Congenital (SCID, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome)

– Acquired (HIV)

• The risk of PCNSL in HIV patients is 3600-fold higher

than general population

• Up to 2/100 HIV infected persons develop PCNSL

– Iatrogenic (Organ allograft recipients)