Syringohydromyelia or HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: a diagnostic challenge (case report)

Syringohydromyelia or HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: a diagnostic challenge (case report)

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) associated myelopathy / tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is the most common chronic myelopathy in Brazil. We present the case of a 53 year old man that fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for HAM/TSP but had at the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...

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Main Authors: ABELARDO DE QUEIROZ-CAMPOS ARAÚJO, ANA CLAÚDIA CELESTINO BEZERRA LEITE, ANDRÉ LUIZ DOS ANJOS DE OLIVEIRA, CRISTIANE RIBEIRO DE ALMEIDA AFONSO, JULIANA PIES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1999-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
HTLV-I
tropical spastic paraparesis
syringomyelia
hydromyelia
magnetic resonance imaging
differential diagnosis
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