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ArticleNeurology. Clinical practice2022

Acute Ascending Necrotizing Myelitis After COVID-19 Infection: A Clinicopathologic Report.

Luis Guada, Franklyn Rocha Cabrero, Nicole L Baldwin, Allan D Levi, Sakir H Gultekin, Ashok Verma

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Article in Neurology. Clinical practice, 2022. 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, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luis GuadaDepartments of Neurology (LG, FRC, NLB, AV), Department of Neurosurgery (ADL), and Department of Pathology (Neuropathology) (SHG), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5916-0821
Franklyn Rocha CabreroDepartments of Neurology (LG, FRC, NLB, AV), Department of Neurosurgery (ADL), and Department of Pathology (Neuropathology) (SHG), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL.
Nicole L BaldwinDepartments of Neurology (LG, FRC, NLB, AV), Department of Neurosurgery (ADL), and Department of Pathology (Neuropathology) (SHG), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL.
Allan D LeviDepartments of Neurology (LG, FRC, NLB, AV), Department of Neurosurgery (ADL), and Department of Pathology (Neuropathology) (SHG), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL.
Sakir H GultekinDepartments of Neurology (LG, FRC, NLB, AV), Department of Neurosurgery (ADL), and Department of Pathology (Neuropathology) (SHG), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL.
Ashok VermaDepartments of Neurology (LG, FRC, NLB, AV), Department of Neurosurgery (ADL), and Department of Pathology (Neuropathology) (SHG), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9761-9672
University of Miami · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Neurologic manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) infection are common and varied. The objective of this report was to describe clinicopathologic findings of rare acute ascending necrotizing myelitis (ANM) and briefly summarize similar COVID-19-associated longitudinally extended transverse myelitis cases. Methods: We described the clinical presentation, disease course, diagnostic workup, therapeutic measures, and pathologic findings of ANM associated with COVID-19 infection. Results: A 31-year-old previously healthy woman developed a longitudinally extensive lower thoracic myelopathy 3 weeks after COVID-19 infection. The thoracic spinal cord lesion extended to cervical level in 1 week and to the lower medullary level in 2 more weeks. Thoracic laminectomy at T5-T6 level and cord biopsy revealed necrobiotic changes without viral particles or microglial nodules. The clinical deficit stabilized after immunomodulatory and eculizumab therapies. Discussion: COVID-19 infection can cause ANM. It adds to the spectrum of reported cases of COVID-19 -associated encephalitis and myelitis.

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