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COVID-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity
SARS-CoV-2 has wreaked havoc globally and has claimed innumerable lives all over the world. Apart from the characteristic respiratory illness, this disease has been associated with florid extrapulmonary manifestations and complications. A 59-year-old female healthcare worker presented with features...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7449353/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32843475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238668 |
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author | Chakraborty, Uddalak Chandra, Atanu Ray, Aritra Kumar Biswas, Purbasha |
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description | SARS-CoV-2 has wreaked havoc globally and has claimed innumerable lives all over the world. Apart from the characteristic respiratory illness, this disease has been associated with florid extrapulmonary manifestations and complications. A 59-year-old female healthcare worker presented with features of acute-onset non-compressive myelopathy with a sensory level at T10 segment along with high-grade fever for 4 days. MRI of dorsal spine was suggestive of myelitis at T7 vertebral level. She was initiated on injectable steroids and did show some initial signs of recovery. A day later, she developed an acute-onset respiratory failure but could not be revived despite our best efforts. Her nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab turned out to be positive for SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We hereby report a case of acute transverse myelitis with COVID-19 as a probable aetiology. |
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spelling | pubmed-74493532020-09-02 COVID-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity Chakraborty, Uddalak Chandra, Atanu Ray, Aritra Kumar Biswas, Purbasha BMJ Case Rep Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury SARS-CoV-2 has wreaked havoc globally and has claimed innumerable lives all over the world. Apart from the characteristic respiratory illness, this disease has been associated with florid extrapulmonary manifestations and complications. A 59-year-old female healthcare worker presented with features of acute-onset non-compressive myelopathy with a sensory level at T10 segment along with high-grade fever for 4 days. MRI of dorsal spine was suggestive of myelitis at T7 vertebral level. She was initiated on injectable steroids and did show some initial signs of recovery. A day later, she developed an acute-onset respiratory failure but could not be revived despite our best efforts. Her nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab turned out to be positive for SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We hereby report a case of acute transverse myelitis with COVID-19 as a probable aetiology. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7449353/ /pubmed/32843475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238668 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ’s website terms and conditions for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. You may use, download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained.https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usage |
spellingShingle | Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury Chakraborty, Uddalak Chandra, Atanu Ray, Aritra Kumar Biswas, Purbasha COVID-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity |
title | COVID-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity |
title_full | COVID-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity |
title_fullStr | COVID-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity |
title_short | COVID-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity |
title_sort | covid-19–associated acute transverse myelitis: a rare entity |
topic | Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7449353/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32843475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-238668 |
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