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Myelitis Following COVID-19 Illness
COVID-19 occurs due to infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), which has caused havoc globally. It presents with a wide range of symptoms, mainly respiratory symptoms, but with time various neurological manifestations of the disease have also been noted,...
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Cureus
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9482381/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36134097 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28134 |
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author | Gulati, Nihal Kapila, Saniya Bhalla Sehgal, Lucky Sehgal, Vineet LNU, Priyal |
author_facet | Gulati, Nihal Kapila, Saniya Bhalla Sehgal, Lucky Sehgal, Vineet LNU, Priyal |
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description | COVID-19 occurs due to infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), which has caused havoc globally. It presents with a wide range of symptoms, mainly respiratory symptoms, but with time various neurological manifestations of the disease have also been noted, like myelitis. This case report aims to shed light on COVID-19-associated myelitis so that potential neurological complications of COVID-19 can be identified and treated timely. We report a case of a 41-year-old male who presented with weakness of all limbs with urinary complaints. He also had a cough and sore throat for the past few days. The MRI scan of the spine showed long segment myelitis in the cervical cord extending from the cervicomedullary junction to the upper end of the C4 vertebral body. COVID-19 myelitis is a rare but severe complication of COVID-19 infection and needs to be discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-94823812022-09-20 Myelitis Following COVID-19 Illness Gulati, Nihal Kapila, Saniya Bhalla Sehgal, Lucky Sehgal, Vineet LNU, Priyal Cureus Neurology COVID-19 occurs due to infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), which has caused havoc globally. It presents with a wide range of symptoms, mainly respiratory symptoms, but with time various neurological manifestations of the disease have also been noted, like myelitis. This case report aims to shed light on COVID-19-associated myelitis so that potential neurological complications of COVID-19 can be identified and treated timely. We report a case of a 41-year-old male who presented with weakness of all limbs with urinary complaints. He also had a cough and sore throat for the past few days. The MRI scan of the spine showed long segment myelitis in the cervical cord extending from the cervicomedullary junction to the upper end of the C4 vertebral body. COVID-19 myelitis is a rare but severe complication of COVID-19 infection and needs to be discussed. Cureus 2022-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9482381/ /pubmed/36134097 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28134 Text en Copyright © 2022, Gulati 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. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Gulati, Nihal Kapila, Saniya Bhalla Sehgal, Lucky Sehgal, Vineet LNU, Priyal Myelitis Following COVID-19 Illness |
title | Myelitis Following COVID-19 Illness |
title_full | Myelitis Following COVID-19 Illness |
title_fullStr | Myelitis Following COVID-19 Illness |
title_full_unstemmed | Myelitis Following COVID-19 Illness |
title_short | Myelitis Following COVID-19 Illness |
title_sort | myelitis following covid-19 illness |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9482381/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36134097 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28134 |
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