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Acute Hemorrhagic Myelitis in an Adolescent With COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is considered a multisystem disease rather than solely affecting the respiratory system. In addition, many reports have described neurological manifestations of this disease; yet reports on spinal cord involvement, especially in pediatrics, are still lim...

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Autores principales: Maghrabi, Yazid, Baeesa, Saleh S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8770969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103133
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20553
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is considered a multisystem disease rather than solely affecting the respiratory system. In addition, many reports have described neurological manifestations of this disease; yet reports on spinal cord involvement, especially in pediatrics, are still limited. We describe a case of a 15-year-old male with COVID-19, who presented with sudden paraplegia and urinary incontinence, preceded by a two-day history of fever. Upon clinical and radiological assessment, he was diagnosed with acute hemorrhagic myelitis. A remarkable motor improvement upon a nine-month follow-up was perceived. Our case illustrates that serious complications can arise even though COVID-19 causes milder disease in pediatrics. We advocate for vaccinating the pediatric population to prevent such occurrences.
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spelling pubmed-87709692022-01-30 Acute Hemorrhagic Myelitis in an Adolescent With COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature Maghrabi, Yazid Baeesa, Saleh S Cureus Pediatrics Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is considered a multisystem disease rather than solely affecting the respiratory system. In addition, many reports have described neurological manifestations of this disease; yet reports on spinal cord involvement, especially in pediatrics, are still limited. We describe a case of a 15-year-old male with COVID-19, who presented with sudden paraplegia and urinary incontinence, preceded by a two-day history of fever. Upon clinical and radiological assessment, he was diagnosed with acute hemorrhagic myelitis. A remarkable motor improvement upon a nine-month follow-up was perceived. Our case illustrates that serious complications can arise even though COVID-19 causes milder disease in pediatrics. We advocate for vaccinating the pediatric population to prevent such occurrences. Cureus 2021-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8770969/ /pubmed/35103133 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20553 Text en Copyright © 2021, Maghrabi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Acute Hemorrhagic Myelitis in an Adolescent With COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title Acute Hemorrhagic Myelitis in an Adolescent With COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full Acute Hemorrhagic Myelitis in an Adolescent With COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Acute Hemorrhagic Myelitis in an Adolescent With COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Acute Hemorrhagic Myelitis in an Adolescent With COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_short Acute Hemorrhagic Myelitis in an Adolescent With COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature
title_sort acute hemorrhagic myelitis in an adolescent with covid-19: a case report and review of literature
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8770969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35103133
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20553
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