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BMJ Case Rep ; 13(8)2020 Aug 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-742210

ABSTRACT

SARS-CoV-2 has wreaked havoc globally and has claimed innumerable lives all over the world. Apart from the characteristic respiratory illness, this disease has been associated with florid extrapulmonary manifestations and complications. A 59-year-old female healthcare worker presented with features of acute-onset non-compressive myelopathy with a sensory level at T10 segment along with high-grade fever for 4 days. MRI of dorsal spine was suggestive of myelitis at T7 vertebral level. She was initiated on injectable steroids and did show some initial signs of recovery. A day later, she developed an acute-onset respiratory failure but could not be revived despite our best efforts. Her nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swab turned out to be positive for SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). We hereby report a case of acute transverse myelitis with COVID-19 as a probable aetiology.


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Coronavirus Infections/complications , Myelitis, Transverse/virology , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Thoracic Vertebrae/virology , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Diagnosis, Differential , Fatal Outcome , Female , Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use , Humans , Methylprednisolone/therapeutic use , Middle Aged , Myelitis, Transverse/diagnostic imaging , Myelitis, Transverse/drug therapy , Pandemics , Respiratory Insufficiency/virology , SARS-CoV-2 , Thoracic Vertebrae/diagnostic imaging
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