[Bladder involvement in HTLV-I associated myelopathy]

Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 1991 Jul;82(7):1161-4. doi: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.82.1161.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The HTLV-I infection was endemic in south western Kyushu. This human T-lymphotropic virus type I may cause HTLV-I associated myelopathy (HAM), a neurological disease characterized by a spastic paraparesis. And one of the minor diagnostic features of HAM is the presence of cystorectal disturbance. We experienced 35 HAM patients with a neurogenic bladder. A gradually progressive contracted bladder was observed in 3 of them. The main pathological finding in these patients was submucosal infiltration of lymphocytes. These findings suggest that immunologic mechanisms account for the development of bladder lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrophy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphocytes / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / complications*
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / complications*
  • Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / pathology