Inflammatory myopathy on HTLV-I infection: case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Rosana Herminia Scola¹  Lineu César Werneck¹  Marcelo Eduardo Heinig¹  Jerônimo Buzetti Milano¹  Sérgio Monteiro De Almeida¹  Walter O. Arruda¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Paraná Hospital de Clínicas Departamento de Clínica Médica

关键词: HTLV-I;    polymyositis;    inflammatory myopathy;    HTLV-I;    polimiosite;    miopatia inflamatória;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2001000100025

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We describe a 41 years old woman who 17 years ago presented hypotonia and proximal muscular weakness in the upper and lower limbs. On neurological examination, the biceps, triceps and Achilles reflexes were absent; the brachioradialis reflexes were decreased and the patellar reflexes were normal. There was bilateral Babinski sign. The remainder of the neurological examination was unremarkable. In the investigation a myopathic pattern was found in the electromyography. The nerve-conduction study was normal; a ELISA method for HTLV-I antibodies was positive in the blood and in the cerebral spinal fluid. The muscle biopsy showed inflammatory myopathy, compatible with polymyositis. This paper focuses the polymyositis in the beginning of an HTLV-I infection case.

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