Multiple cerebral hemorrhages in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy.
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.
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Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, NY 10021.
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Jacewicz
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D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000150:complications*