Multiple clinical manifestation of HTLV1 infection in a single patient.
HTLV-1 infection is endemic in the Caribbean and several publications have reported the clinical disease entities seen in this population of patients. This case report is an account of a patient admitted to Kingstown General Hospital, St Vincent and the Grenadines, who had severe infective dermatitis, tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). As far as we are aware, all three diseases have not been described in a single patient.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Kingstown General Hospital, Kingstown, St Vincent, West Indies. dasnarayan@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone