title: Multiple cerebral hemorrhages in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy.
abstract: We describe a 66-year-old woman with long-standing HTLV-I-associated myelopathy who developed multiple parenchymal hemorrhages and whose angiogram suggested cerebral vasculitis. After cyclophosphamide and glucocorticoid therapy, both her acute deficits and chronic paraparesis improved. HTLV-I may be an etiologic agent in isolated angiitis of CNS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, NY 10021.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jacewicz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000150:complications*