Lymphomatous meningoencephalitis in a patient with HAM/TSP.
A case of lymphomatous meningoencephalitis in a 23 year old Brazilian patient with HTLV-I/II associated myelopathy is reported. The patient was admitted to the hospital with a clinical picture of decreased consciousness level, stiffness of the neck and previous diagnosis of myeloneuropathy. CSF examination showed lymphocytosis with blastic cells and antibodies against HTLV-I/II.
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Unidade de Neuroinfectologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brasil.
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Moreno-Carvalho
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D015482:HTLV-II Antibodies / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008218:Lymphocytosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000150:complications*
D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies; D015482:HTLV-II Antibodies