Polymyositis in childhood as clinical manifestation associated with HTLV-1.

Autor: Ferreira, Ayrton Silva, Costa, Carlos Maurício de Castro, Dantas, Irna Kaden de Sousa, Santos, Terezinha de Jesus Teixeira, Costa, Samuel Bovy de Castro, Câmara, Carlos Campos, Oriá, Reinaldo Barreto, Gondim, Francisco de Assis Aquino
Zdroj: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria; dez2010, Vol. 68 Issue 6, p962-964, 3p
Abstrakt: The article discusses the case of a 10-year-old girl who developed polymyositis associated by human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (HTLV-1). Her neurological examination showed muscular weakness and bilateral Achilles hyperreflexia. Results of biopsy of the left brachial biceps muscle revealed features compatible with inflammatory myopathy of the polymysitis type.
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