Artigo de Periódico
Toxoplasma gondii myelitis in a patient with adult t-cell leukemiia-lymphoma
Autor
Maciel, Elves
Siqueira, Isadora
Queiroz, Aristides Cheto de
Melo, Ailton de Souza
Maciel, Elves
Siqueira, Isadora
Queiroz, Aristides Cheto de
Melo, Ailton de Souza
Institución
Resumen
Adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) caused by HTLV-I may be associated with severe immunosupression and several opportunistic infections. Toxoplasmic encephalitis is a common central nervous system opportunistic infection in severely immunosupressed patients, however spinal cord involvement by this parasite is rare. In this paper, we report a case of toxoplasmic myelitis in a patient with ATL.