Recurrent encephalopathy and seizures in a US native with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: a clinicopathologic study.
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Abstract
A patient with progressive spastic paraparesis originally ascribed to multiple sclerosis developed recurrent encephalopathy and seizures. A diagnosis of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis was established prior to death. Autopsy confirmed chronic inflammatory myelopathy and active inflammation in the white matter of the temporal lobes.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Diseases
- Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic
- Seizures