A 17-Year-Old Boy With Right Face Palsy, Left Leg Weakness, and Lytic Skull-Bone Lesions.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
; 7(4): 350-354, 2018 Dec 03.
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| ID: mdl-29373673
ABSTRACT
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV), an infection that is endemic in certain parts of Asia, Africa, and South America, has been associated with malignancy and neurological deficits. Here, we describe a pediatric patient with chronic HTLV-I infection who developed complications associated with HTLV-I (ie, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis). To our knowledge, this presentation in a child has never been described. The patient underwent a bone marrow transplant and, at the time of this writing, was in remission. This case report highlights the fact that HTLV-related complications, previously expected to occur after decades of infection, also can occur in pediatric patients, particularly those who acquired HTLV-I perinatally.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Crânio
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Infecções por Deltaretrovirus
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Debilidade Muscular
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Paralisia de Bell
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Perda Auditiva Bilateral
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article