[Spastic paraparesias by HTLV-1: early identification of a new case. Review of the Spanish casuistics].
This is a study of the early identification of a new case of tropical spastic paraparesis/HLTV-1-associated myelopathy in a Spanish patient not previously reported on. The patient is 48 years of age, and he has been living in Sierra Leone for the past seventeen years, where he has worked as a surgeon. On first examination, he had been suffering from symptoms of a spastic paraparesis for the previous five months. This diagnosis was confirmed using serological tests (EIA and Western-blot) on the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We have studied the cases outlined in medical literature, paying special attention to the time elapsed between the onset of symptoms and the date on which the diagnosis was made.
Gámez
J
J
Neurología, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Matas
L
L
Caballero
E
E
Solans
R
R
Cervera-Alvarez
C
C
Raguer
N
N
Machuca
A
A
Cervera
C
C
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013030:Spain; D013997:Time Factors