Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma in a patient with HTLV-I/II associated myelopathy.
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.
Freitas
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Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brasil.
Gomes
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I
Bittencourt
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Fernandes
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D
Melo
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A
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*