Recurrent encephalopathy and seizures in a US native with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: a clinicopathologic study.
A patient with progressive spastic paraparesis originally ascribed to multiple sclerosis developed recurrent encephalopathy and seizures. A diagnosis of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis was established prior to death. Autopsy confirmed chronic inflammatory myelopathy and active inflammation in the white matter of the temporal lobes.
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Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
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D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology