TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS OCCURRING IN HTLV-1 ASSOCIATED INFECTIVE DERMATITIS - REPORT OF 2 CASES

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LAGRENADE, L

MORGAN, OSC

CARBERRY, C

HANCHARD, B

FLETCHER, V

GRAY, R

CRANSTON, B

RODGERSJOHNSON, P

MANNS, A

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WEST INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL | 1995年 / 44卷 / 01期

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R5 [内科学];

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1002 ; 100201 ;

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An association between HTLV-1 infection and infective dermatitis (ID), a relapsing eczematous condition of Jamaican children, was reported in 1990. These patients are at risk of developing other known HTLV-1 related diseases. We have observed the developement of HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis in two patients, ages 14 and 35 years, who were diagnosed with ID at ages 2 and 10 years, respectively. Infective dermatitis of children serves as an early marker of HTLV-1 infection and may predict later development of either the malignant outcome, adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma or the neurologic manifestation HAM/TSP among adult carriers of HTLV-1 infection.

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