[Ophthalmologic manifestations in spinal cord diseases caused by HTLV-I virus. Clinical study of 30 cases]. / Manifestations ophtalmologiques au cours de la myélopathie due au virus HTLV-I. Etude clinique de 30 cas.
J Fr Ophtalmol
; 17(6-7): 403-13, 1994.
Article
em Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8083490
ABSTRACT
We present the results of ophthalmologic examinations of a consecutive series of 30 patients with HTLV-I associated myelopathy. This is the first ophthalmologic prospective study reported outside the Japanese endemic area. Twenty-one of the patients (70%) had kerato-conjunctivitis sicca in addition to accessory salivary gland lymphocytary infiltration in 7. Two cases of uveo-papillitis, 1 case of cotton-wool spots and 3 cases of retinochoroidal degeneration were also observed. Moreover, an aliquot of the aqueous humour was collected from the anterior chamber in 5 patients and showed high titer of HTLV-I antibodies for the 2 patients with uveo-papillitis. We propose different hypotheses to explain the physiopathologic characteristics of these features.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Paraplegia
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Infecções por HTLV-I
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Oftalmopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Caribe
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Martinica
Idioma:
Fr
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article