A Middle-Aged Man Presented with Quadriparesis during COVID-19 Pandemic

Case Reports in Neurology

Ashraful Haque¹  Md Rafiquzzaman²  Shrebash Paul³  Mujibur Rahman³  Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury³  Sakib Aman⁴  Forhad Uddin Hasan Chowdhury⁴ 

[1] Department of Blood Transfusion, Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Endocrinology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Internal Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh;Department of Medicine, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh;

关键词: guillain-barré syndrome;    covid-19;    reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction;    bangladesh;    limb weakness;   

DOI  :  10.1159/000517914

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The clinical presentation of COVID-19 is varied: from asymptomatic to severe neurological syndrome like stroke can happen. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) as a manifestation of COVID-19 is not very common. GBS is an acute immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy that usually occurs following previous exposure to infection. Here, we are reporting a case of GBS related to COVID-19 infection. The reported case presented with quadriparesis and was diagnosed with GBS after evaluation. At the same time, his RT-PCR for COVID-19 was also positive. Interestingly, this patient suffered from COVID-19 2 months before this presentation. He was successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin. The clinician should be aware of severe neurological complications such as GBS as a potentially life-threatening complication related to COVID-19.

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