Clinical and neuroradiologic findings of congenital hydrocephalus in infant born to mother with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy.
We describe clinical and neuroradiologic findings in a male infant with congenital hydrocephalus born to a mother who developed human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy. Ultrasonography at age 20 days showed multiple cysts in the subependymal germinal matrix and enlarged lateral ventricles. Elevation of serum HTLV-I antibody suggested that his hydrocephalus was probably due to intrauterine HTLV-I infection. HTLV-I may cause neurotropic infection in utero.
Tohyama
J
J
Division of Child Neurology, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Japan.
Kawahara
H
H
Inagaki
M
M
Ohno
K
K
Takeshita
K
K
Egi
T
T
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography