ArticleJournal of neurovirology2021
MRI negative myelopathy post mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: vasculopathy or inflammatory myelitis?
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- Topographical Distribution of Neuroanatomical Abnormalities Following COVID-19 Invasion : A Systematic Literature Review.Clinical neuroradiology · 2024Pooled it
- Post-acute Corticospinal and Spinal Tractopathy after Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Novel Post-infectious Neurological Syndrome?Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Article
- Neuroimaging biomarkers of post-acute sequelae of Coronavirus Disease 2019.The British journal of radiology · 2025Review
- MRI-negative myelitis, especially after COVID-19: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging/cerebrospinal Fluid-negative Myelitis Following COVID-19 with a Dramatic Response to Early Aggressive Immunosuppressive Therapy.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024Article
- Atypical and delayed spinal cord MRI features of COVID-19-associated myelopathies: a report of four cases and literature review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Review
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- Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD): current understanding and challenges.Journal of neurology · 2023Review
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging-negative Acute Inflammatory Myelopathy following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2023Article
- Inpatient rehabilitation outcomes in patients with the new diagnosis of COVID-19 tractopathy: a case series.Spinal cord series and cases · 2023Article
- Translocator protein (TSPO)-PET as diagnostic and monitoring tool in COVID-19 related MRI-negative brainstem encephalitis: a case report.Journal of neurology · 2023Article
- Case report: MRI-negative myelitis following COVID-19 with SEP abnormalities: a case series and literature review.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- MRI-negative myelitis associated with cerebral venous thrombosis after COVID-19 infection.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome for Anesthesiologists: A Narrative Review and a Pragmatic Approach to Clinical Care.Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia · 2022Review
- Acute Cerebellitis and Myeloradiculitis Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Common Variable Immunodeficiency-A Case Report.The Neurohospitalist · 2022Article
- Online News Coverage of COVID-19 Long Haul Symptoms.Journal of community health · 2022Article
- Reversible radiculomyelitis after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been rare reports of spinal cord pathology diagnosed as inflammatory myelopathy and suspected spinal cord ischemia after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Herein, we report five cases of clinical myelopathy and myeloradiculopathy in the setting of post-COVID-19 disease, which were all radiographically negative. Unlike prior reports which typically characterized hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 disease and critical illness, these patients typically had asymptomatic or mild-moderate COVID-19 disease and lacked radiologic evidence of structural spinal cord abnormality. This case series highlights that COVID-19 associated myelopathy is not rare, requires a high degree of clinical suspicion as imaging markers may be negative, and raises several possible pathophysiologic mechanisms.
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