title: Myelopathy and adult T-cell leukemia associated with HTLV-1 in a young patient with hearing loss as the initial manifestation of disease.
abstract: A young male developed hearing loss, vertigo, headache and facial palsy. Neurological examination did not show any abnormalities. Two years later, cervical lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and atypical lymphocytes in peripheral blood revealed leukemia. At the same time, acquired ichthyosis was observed. Subsequently, neurological abnormalities revealed myelopathy associated with HTLV-1, due to vertical transmission.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Medicine Post Graduate Program, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Denise Utsch
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Lílian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Felipe
authors.forename: Anna Bárbara
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Carneiro-Proietti
authors.forename: Antônio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Guedes
authors.forename: Olindo Assis
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Martins-Filho
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lambertucci
mesh_terms: D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D055815:Young Adult