title: [Uveitis associated with thyroïditis in HTLV-1 carriers].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The oncovirus HTLV-1 is aetiologically associated with uveitis and autoimmune thyroiditis in endemic areas. The association of uveitis with autoimmune thyroiditis in HTLV-1 carriers is less common moreover in non-endemic area.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report two original cases of simultaneous uveitis and autoimmune thyroiditis in HTLV-1 carriers, without other disease due to HTLV-1. The visual outcome was favorable in both cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A significant correlation exists between hyperthyroidism, uveitis and HTLV-1, but still needs to be confirmed. The autoimmune or immune mediated mecanism of HTLV-1 may be involved in the uveitis and the thyroidits.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, hôpital Avicenne, 125, rue de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Streho
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delair
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sablé-Fourtassou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blanche
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Monnet
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Brion
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Brezin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dhote
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology*