Myelopathy and adult T-cell leukemia associated with HTLV-1 in a young patient with hearing loss as the initial manifestation of disease Mielopatia e leucemia de células T do adulto associada ao HTLV-1 em um paciente jovem com perda auditiva como manifestação inicial da doença

Myelopathy and adult T-cell leukemia associated with HTLV-1 in a young patient with hearing loss as the initial manifestation of disease Mielopatia e leucemia de células T do adulto associada ao HTLV-1 em um paciente jovem com perda auditiva como manifestação inicial da doença

A young male developed hearing loss, vertigo, headache and facial palsy. Neurological examination did not show any abnormalities. Two years later, cervical lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and atypical lymphocytes in peripheral blood revealed leukemia. At the same time, acquired ichthyosis was ob...

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Main Authors: Denise Utsch Gonçalves, Lílian Felipe, Anna Bárbara Carneiro-Proietti, Antônio Carlos Guedes, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, José Roberto Lambertucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2009-06-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Leucemia
Mielopatia
Vírus linfotrópico de células T humanas
Leukemia
Myelopathy
Human T cell lymphotropic virus
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