Multiple clinical manifestation of HTLV1 infection in a single patient

Narayan, D; DaSilva, D; Doshi, M

Narayan, D; DaSilva, D; Doshi, M.

Narayan, D; Kingstown General Hospital. Department of Internal Medicine.
DaSilva, D; Kingstown General Hospital. Department of Internal Medicine.
Doshi, M; Kingstown General Hospital. Department of Internal Medicine.

West Indian med. j ; 52(4): 322-324, Dec. 2003.

Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-410687

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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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Humans; Female; Adult; HTLV-I Infections/diagnosis; Cyclophosphamide/therapeutic use; Dermatitis, Seborrheic/diagnosis; Dermatitis, Seborrheic/drug therapy; Dermatitis, Seborrheic/pathology; Diagnosis, Differential; Doxorubicin/therapeutic use; HTLV-I Infections/drug therapy; HTLV-I Infections/pathology; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/diagnosis; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/drug therapy; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/pathology; Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic/diagnosis; Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic/drug therapy; Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic/pathology; Prednisone/therapeutic use; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use; Vincristine/therapeutic use

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Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: HTLV-I Infections Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: English Journal: West Indian med. j Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2003 Type: Article

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