Retinal vasculitis in a mother and her son with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 associated myelopathy.
A 53-year-old woman had difficulty in walking, raised titres to human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, and yellowish white retinal lesions and vasculitis in the right eye. Her 20-year-old son also had difficulty in walking, raised titres to HTLV-1 in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, and retinal vasculitis and multiple whitish vitreoretinal spots in both eyes.
Hayasaka
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S
Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
Takatori
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Y
Noda
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S
Setogawa
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T
Hayashi
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H
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000382:microbiology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000382:microbiology*
D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies; D011239:Prednisolone