Smith C R, Dickson D, Samkoff L
Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Neurology. 1992 Mar;42(3 Pt 1):658-61. doi: 10.1212/wnl.42.3.658.
A patient with progressive spastic paraparesis originally ascribed to multiple sclerosis developed recurrent encephalopathy and seizures. A diagnosis of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis was established prior to death. Autopsy confirmed chronic inflammatory myelopathy and active inflammation in the white matter of the temporal lobes.
一名最初被诊断为多发性硬化症的进行性痉挛性截瘫患者出现反复性脑病和癫痫发作。在患者死亡前确诊为人类嗜T淋巴细胞病毒I型相关脊髓病/热带痉挛性截瘫。尸检证实存在慢性炎症性脊髓病以及颞叶白质的活动性炎症。