A Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type I Carrier with Acute Cerebellar Ataxia and Interstitial Pneumonitis: An Autopsy Case Report

Makoto TAJIMA; Hitoshi ARIOKA; Junichi NAKANO; Takashi MIYASAKA; Machiko MURATA; Naomi YAMASHITA; Kenji MANO; Tomohide SATO; Hideyuki HAEBARA; Ken OHTA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.39.166

Makoto TAJIMA, Hitoshi ARIOKA, Junichi NAKANO, Takashi MIYASAKA, Machiko MURATA, Naomi YAMASHITA, Kenji MANO, Tomohide SATO, Hideyuki HAEBARA, Ken OHTA

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キーワード: HTLV-I, methylprednisolone pulse therapy, anti-HTLV-I antibody

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2000 年 39 巻 2 号 p. 166-169

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.39.166

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A 76-year-old HTLV-I-positive male with acute cerebellar ataxia was suffering from dyspnea on exertion. Chest CT suggested interstitial pneumonitis. Methylprednisolone pulse therapy improved his symptoms and chest CT findings. Twelve months after discharge, when the prednisolone dose was tapered to 5 mg every other day, his lung lesion recurred. The lesion responded initially to steroid therapy. However, hypoxemia intractable to steroid pulse therapy developed and the patient died of respiratory failure. The autopsy revealed diffuse alveolar hemorrhage with no finding of vasculitis. This is the first case report of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in an HTLV-I carrier.
(Internal Medicine 39:166-169, 2000)

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