COVID-19-Associated Myelitis, Para/Post Infectious or Infectious Myelitis: A Case Report From the North of Iran

Caspian Journal of Neurological Sciences

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Alia Saberi¹  Amirreza Ghayeghran²  Hamidreza Hatamian¹  Mozaffar Hosseini-Nejad³  Babak Bakhshayesh Eghbali³ 

[1] Neuroscience Research Center, Department of Neurology, Poursina Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences;Department of Neurology, Poursina Hospital, Guilan University of Medical Sciences;Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Research Center, Poursina Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences

关键词: COVID-19;    Myelitis;    Central Nervous System;    Spinal Cord;   

DOI  :  10.32598/CJNS.6.21.1

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Presses Agronomiques De Gembloux

【 摘 要 】

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, besides the most prevalent respiratory and systemic symptoms, some neurological symptoms such as acute hemorrhagic necrotizing encephalopathy and myelitis associated with COVID-19 have been reported. It is suspected that COVID-19 involves different body systems via interaction with the ACE-2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) receptor. As ACE2 is expressed on the surface of central nervous system cells, including the brain and spine, these kinds of manifestations are inevitable. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: Here we report a case of COVID-19 associated with acute myelitis in an infected patient in the north of Iran during the pandemic of COVID-19. He presented with paraparesis and urinary incontinence. Unfortunately, he did not respond to anti-inflammatory treatment. Conclusion: Para/Post Infectious myelitis could be a complication of COVID-19 infection.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC