title: Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma in a patient with HTLV-I/II associated myelopathy.
abstract: Chronic myelopathy associated with T-lymphotropic virus type I (HAM) has been described as an endemic disease in several areas of the world, meanwhile there are few papers describing the association between HAM and adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma. We report the case of a man that, after four years of progressive spastic paraparesis and neurogenic bladder, developed a clinical picture of a lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by dermal and systemic involvement, mimicking mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brasil.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; D015367:Human T-lymphotropic virus 2; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000503:physiopathology*