Clinical and neuroradiologic findings of congenital hydrocephalus in infant born to mother with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy.
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Abstract
We describe clinical and neuroradiologic findings in a male infant with congenital hydrocephalus born to a mother who developed human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy. Ultrasonography at age 20 days showed multiple cysts in the subependymal germinal matrix and enlarged lateral ventricles. Elevation of serum HTLV-I antibody suggested that his hydrocephalus was probably due to intrauterine HTLV-I infection. HTLV-I may cause neurotropic infection in utero.
Medical subject headings
- Hydrocephalus
- Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious