Toxoplasma gondii myelitis in a patient with adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma

Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2000 Dec;58(4):1107-9. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000600019.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelitis / parasitology*
  • Myelitis / pathology
  • Toxoplasmosis / parasitology*
  • Toxoplasmosis / pathology