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Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 132 - 136, 30.09.2020

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Acute Myelitis Secondary to COVID-19 in an Adolescent: Causality or Coincidence ?

Year 2020, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 132 - 136, 30.09.2020

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Headache, dizziness, attenuated taste/smell, stroke, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, encephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and myelitis are rare neurological symptoms and complications reported in adults. A 14-year-old girl presented with sudden-onset loss of strength in her right arm and leg. A nasopharyngeal swab was collected because the patient had a history of suspicious contact with a confirmed COVID-19 patient. SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid testing of the patient’s nasopharyngeal swab was positive. Her clinical presentation suggested transverse myelitis. On spinal MRI, a contrast-enhancing lesion causing expansion at the C2-C5 level was observed. On day 5 of pulse methylprednisolone treatment, the patient had 3/5 muscle strength in her right upper extremity and 5/5 muscle strength in her right lower extremity. This case emphasizes that during the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 must be considered as the etiology in children presenting with neurological involvement if there is a history of contact.

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  • YeshunWu, Xiaolin Xu, Zijun Chen, et al. Nervous system involvement after infection with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.03.031
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  • Moriguchi T, Harii N, Goto J, et al. A first case of meningitis/encephalitis associated with SARS-Coronavirus-2. Int J Infect Dis. 2020;94:55-58
  • Consuelo Gutiérrez-Ortiz, Antonio Méndez, Sara Rodrigo-Rey, et al. Miller Fisher Syndrome and polyneuritis cranialis in COVID-19. Neurology (2020). doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009619
  • Zhao H, Shen D, Zhou H, et al. Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection: causality or coincidence? Lancet Neurology. 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S1474-4422(20)30109-5
  • Zhao K, Huang J, Dai D, Feng Y, et al. Acute myelitis after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a case report doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.16.20035105
  • Y. Ogata, W. Nemoto, R. Yamagata. Anti-Hypersensitive Effect of Angiotensin (1-7) on Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Neuropathic Pain in Mice. Eur J Pain. 2019;23:739-749 doi: 10.1002/ejp.1341.
  • Varina L. Wolf, Pamela J. Lupo, Timothy E. Lotze. Pediatric Acute Transverse Myelitis Overview and Differential Diagnosis. Journal of Child Neurology. 2012;27:1426-1436 doi:10.1177/0883073812452916
  • T.W. West, C. Hess, B.A. Cree. Acute Transverse Myelitis: Demyelinating, Inflammatory, and Infectious Myelopathies. Semin Neurol. 2012;32:97-113 doi: 10.1055 / s-0032-1322586.
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  • Yeh EA, Collins A, Cohen ME, et al. Detection of coronavirus in the central nervous system of a child with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Pediatrics. 2004;113(1 Pt 1):e73‐e76. doi:10.1542/peds.113.1.e73
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Primary Language English
Subjects Clinical Sciences
Journal Section Case Report
Authors

Muhammet Akif Güler

Filiz Keskin

Hüseyin Tan

Publication Date September 30, 2020
Submission Date August 18, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020 Volume: 1 Issue: 2

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EndNote Güler MA, Keskin F, Tan H (September 1, 2020) Acute Myelitis Secondary to COVID-19 in an Adolescent: Causality or Coincidence ?. New Trends in Medicine Sciences 1 2 132–136.