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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021

Post COVID-19 transverse myelitis; a case report with review of literature.

Shwan Abubakr Ahmad, Karokh H Salih, Shaho Fatah Ahmed, Fahmi H Kakamad, Abdulwahid M Salh, Marwan Nasih Hassan, Karukh K Mohammed, Shvan H Mohammed, Rawezh Q Salih, Dahat A Hussein

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shwan Abubakr AhmadSmart Health Tower, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Karokh H SalihSmart Health Tower, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Shaho Fatah AhmedSmart Health Tower, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Fahmi H KakamadSmart Health Tower, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Abdulwahid M SalhSmart Health Tower, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Marwan Nasih HassanSmart Health Tower, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Karukh K MohammedSmart Health Tower, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Shvan H MohammedKscien Organization, Hamdi Str., Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Rawezh Q SalihSmart Health Tower, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Dahat A HusseinSmart Health Tower, François Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq.
Kurdistan Regional Government · IQUniversity of Sulaimani · IQ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2). Recently, various complications have been reported. The aim of the current study is to report a rare case of transverse myelitis after recovering from COVID-19. CASE REPORT: A 34-year-old lady, presented with inability to walk for one day duration due to the lower limb weakness. After two weeks from the recovery of COVID-19; she developed progressive intermittent leg pain, paresthesia and weakness on both sides. Brain and cervical MRI showed evidence of a short segment inflammatory enhancing lesion at upper cervical region (at C1 level). The patient was treated conservatively. DISCUSSION: Transverse myelitis has many different causes, it occurs as an autoimmune phenomenon post-infection and vaccination, or it may result from direct infection or acquired demyelinating disease like multiple sclerosis.

conclusionAlthough it is a sporadic finding, SARS-CoV-2 can cause transverse myelitis. The condition responds to medical therapy.

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Corona virus disease 2019Neurological dysfunctionSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34457267
PMCPMC8380545
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