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ArticleCureus2021

Lance Adams Syndrome: A Rare Case Presentation of Myoclonus From Chronic Hypoxia Secondary to COVID-19 Infection.

Rabia Muddassir, Abdelrahman Idris, Noura Alshareef, Ghaidaa Khouj, Rimaz Alassiri

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rabia MuddassirDepartment of Neurology, Internal Medicine, Security Forces Hospital, Makkah, SAU.
Abdelrahman IdrisDepartment of Neurology, Internal Medicine, Security Forces Hospital, Makkah, SAU.
Noura AlshareefDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Collage of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, SAU.
Ghaidaa KhoujDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Collage of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, SAU.
Rimaz AlassiriDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Collage of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, SAU.
Umm al-Qura University · SASecurity Forces Hospital · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and since the outbreak, many neurological features and syndromes are reported with this multi-organ viral infection. Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS) also referred to as chronic post hypoxic myoclonus is defined as action myoclonus which can occur as generalized, focal, or multifocal repeated myoclonic motor movements which involve the face, trunk, or extremities and it is one of the neurological complications that are related to COVID-19 infection. LAS is reported as a delayed complication of cardiac arrest, which causes cerebral hypoxia leading to myoclonus. We report a case of a 58-year-old male patient diagnosed as a case of LAS secondary to hypoxia occurring because of COVID-19 without cardiac arrest and to the best of our knowledge it is the second case reported with this similar mechanism. Moreover, we discuss the possible pathophysiological relationship between LAS and COVID-19 and various treatment strategies. Eventually, we review the related articles in the literature regarding the LAS and various types of myoclonus associated with COVID-19 infection.

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chroniccovid-19hypoxialance-adams syndromemyoclonus

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PMID34909353
PMCPMC8663754
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