Progressive fulminant necrotizing myelitis in COVID-19 infection; case report of a rare complication.

Azin, Hossein; Vakilian, Alireza; Najafi, Mohammad; Seifaddini, Rostam; Azin, Mahdieh

A case study of a 54‑year‑old immunocompetent man was admitted to the emergency unit due to shortness of breath, cough, and fever for a few days as a neurologist. Topics include chest computed tomography was performed for COVID‑19 infection, which showed bilaterally ground‑ glass and alveolar opacities; and Acute longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) with necrotizing changes is a rare neurological complication of COVID‑19.

THERAPEUTIC use of interferons; DISEASE progression; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; COVID-19; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; FEVER; CHEST X rays; TOCILIZUMAB; DEXAMETHASONE; SERODIAGNOSIS; PHYSICAL therapy; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; OXYGEN saturation; ANTIVIRAL agents; BACKACHE; DYSPNEA; COUGH; TRANSVERSE myelitis; COMPUTED tomography; RETENTION of urine; CEREBROSPINAL fluid; PARAPLEGIA; HEMORRHAGIC fever with renal syndrome; SYMPTOMS; DISEASE complications

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2022, Vol 25, Issue 4, p781

0972-2327

Academic Journal

10.4103/aian.aian_442_21