%0 Journal Article
%T Uve¨ªtis intermedia por virus linfotropo humano de c¨¦lulas T Tipo 1
%A Mill¨¢n-Rodr¨ªguez
%A A.C.
%A Fern¨¢ndez-Cid
%A C.
%A Garc¨ªa-Campello
%A M.
%A Sevillano
%A C.
%A Fern¨¢ndez-Vila
%A P.C.
%J Archivos de la Sociedad Espa£¿ola de Oftalmolog¨ªa
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X case report: the case of a 66-year-old woman with intermediate uveitis in both eyes and progressive weakness of lower limbs is reported. a human t-lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-1) infection was detected in the serological study, with the patient being diagnosed with tropical spastic paraparesis and htlv-1 intermediate uveitis. the patient made good progress with oral steroid treatment. discussion: the clinical and epidemiological aspects of htlv-1 infection are discussed. we recommend a serological determination of the virus in intermediate uveitis of unknown origin in people from endemic areas or with neurological symptoms.
%K human t-lymphotropic virus 1
%K uveitis
%K intermediate uveitis
%K tropical spastic paraparesis
%K retroviridae infections.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-66912012000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en