HTLV-I抗体陽性者のぶどう膜炎の特徴

Clinical features of uveitis associated with human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I )

　佐賀医科大学眼科を受診した病型が同定できない内因性ぶどう膜炎の中で，前部ぶどう膜炎を除外した症例29例中の35％がHTLV-I抗体陽性者であった。HTLV-I抗体陽性者とHTLV-I抗体陰性者にわけてそれらの症例の眼科的病像を比較すると，HTLV-I抗体陽性者の方にベール状（膜状）の硝子体混濁が多くみられたが，その他には差はみられなかった。

We observed 98 cases of endogenous uveitis dur-ing the foregoing 2 years. Among 29 cases of panuveitis, intermediate uveitis or posterior uveitis of unclassified etiology, 10 cases, 35%, were sero-positive for T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV -I). Membraneous vitreous opacities were more frequent in seropositive cases than in seronegative ones. Otherwise, there were no significant differ-ences in ocular manifestations between the two types.