“…(2) the damaging effects of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy (Kay et al, 1972;Hendin et al, 1974;Rubinstein et al, 1975;Price and Jamieson, 1975;Weiss et al, 1974); (3) haemorrhages due to leukaemia or thrombocytopenia (Pitner and Johnson, 1973); and (4) infection to which these patients are abnormally susceptible (Levine et al, 1972;Simone et al, 1972). In the present case we found no signs of recurrent leukaemia, of radionecrosis, of toxic encephalopathy, or of intracranial haemorrhage, but there was clear evidence of an atypical infection of the brain.…”