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Magnetic Resonance Imaging-negative Acute Inflammatory Myelopathy following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection

A 55-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of gait disturbance and urinary retention that acutely emerged 1 week after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Acute inflammatory myelopathy was clinically suspected, based on bilateral lower-limb weakness with an exten...

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Autores principales: Nagao, Kaori, Kadoya, Masato, Shimizu, Yukie, Murahara, Nami, Fujii, Hiroko, Takechi, Chizuko, Aono, Shigeaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10465296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37164679
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1344-22
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Sumario:A 55-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of gait disturbance and urinary retention that acutely emerged 1 week after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. Acute inflammatory myelopathy was clinically suspected, based on bilateral lower-limb weakness with an extensor plantar response and an elevated immunoglobulin G level in the cerebrospinal fluid. Whole-spine magnetic resonance imaging findings were normal. The central conduction time was extended, based on somatosensory evoked potentials. Her lower-limb weakness was partially ameliorated with immunosuppressive therapy. Postinfectious myelopathy is a rare neurological complication of coronavirus disease 2019 and can develop with normal radiological findings.