Description of the disease * EnglishPolish Pobierz sekcję do PDF Definition Tropical spastic paraparesis is a chronic systemic immune-mediated inflammatory myeloneuropathy, more frequently reported in women than in men, that usually presents in adulthood with slowly progressive spastic paraparesis of the lower limbs, bladder and bowel dysfunction, and sensory disturbances in the lower extremities (e.g. paresthesia and dysesthesia) and that is associated with a human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection. Disease data Classification Disease Synonyms HAM/TSP HAM/TSP Mielopatia/tropikalna parapareza spastyczna związana z HTLV-1 Mielopatia/tropikalna parapareza spastyczna związana z ludzkim wirusem T-limfotropowym typu 1 Mielopatia/tropikalna parapareza spastyczna związana z ludzkim wirusem T-limfotropowym typu I TSP HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis Human T-lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis Human T-lymphotropic virus type-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis TSP ORPHA code 289326 OMIM code 159580 ICD10 code G04.1 ICD11 code 8A45.00 *Soruce Extended description of the disease Pobierz sekcję do PDF No additional description. Orphanet - interntowa baza danych dotyczących rzadkich chorób i sierochych leków. ©INSERM 1999 - Dostępna na stronie www.orphanet.pl