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  • Title: [Myelopathy with uveitis in association with HTLV-I mimicking neuro-Behçet's disease].
    Author: Saito Y, Ando T, Kameyama T, Takahashi A, Horiguchi M.
    Journal: Rinsho Shinkeigaku; 1993 Aug; 33(8):912-4. PubMed ID: 8261708.
    Abstract:
    A 31-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of recurrent uveitis with oral aphthae for four years, and subacute double incontinence with spastic paraparesis under a clinical diagnosis of neuro-Behçet's disease. She was found to have high titers of anti-HTLV-I antibody in the serum, the cerebrospinal fluid and the aqueous humor, and a diagnosis of HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM) with HTLV-I uveitis was confirmed. The neurological symptoms improved transiently with prednisolone therapy. HTLV-I uveitis is known sometimes complicated with HAM. The neurological features together with uveitis in the present case were allied to those of neuro-Behçet's disease. Therefore, HAM with uveitis should be differentiated from neuro-Behçet's disease.
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