Complex movement disorders in SARS-CoV-2 infection induced acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
J Neuroimmunol
; 358: 577655, 2021 09 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1293993
ABSTRACT
Movement disorders are extremely rare in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and in the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We herein report a 34-years-old previously healthy woman who presented with a febrile illness and a constellation of movement disorders (predominantly myoclonus) followed by encephalopathy. After exclusion of common infectious, autoimmune and paraneoplastic etiologies, she was diagnosed to have COVID-19 induced ADEM, which responded to intravenous methylprednisolone and intravenous immunoglobulin. Our case adds to the tally of cases of post-SARS-CoV-2 infection related movement disorders and to the exceedingly rare list of cases in which movement disorders preceded ADEM.
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Main subject:
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated
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COVID-19
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Movement Disorders
Type of study:
Case report
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Etiology study
Topics:
Long Covid
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Vaccines
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Neuroimmunol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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J.jneuroim.2021.577655
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