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Chronic Hypertrophic Cranial Pachymeningitis Associated with HTLV-I Infection JNNP 59:435-437, Kawano,Y.&Kira,J., 1995 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Two patients presenting with recurrent multiple cranial neuropathy showed diffuse thickening and gadolinium enhancement of the dura mater on brain MRI.Both had anti-HTLV-I antibodies in serum.A quantitative polymerase chain reaction study of the peripheral blood disclosed that the HTLV-I proviral DNA loads increased considerably in one case and moderately in the other.Both showed a spontaneous proliferation of peripheral blood lymphocytes as well as an increase in helper/inducer T cells.Neither had any other underlying infections or autoimmune diseases.Thus it is possible that hypertrophic pachymeningitis developed as a result of multiorgan involvement of HTLV-I infection in these patterns.

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