Transverse myelitis after SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: Report of two cases with COVID‐19

Soroor Advani; Seyyed Mohammad‐Mahdi Hosseini; Alireza Zali; Davood Ommi; Alireza Fatemi; Reza Jalili Khoshnoud; Farzad Ashrafi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5196

Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2021)

Transverse myelitis after SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: Report of two cases with COVID‐19

Soroor Advani,
Seyyed Mohammad‐Mahdi Hosseini,
Alireza Zali,
Davood Ommi,
Alireza Fatemi,
Reza Jalili Khoshnoud,
Farzad Ashrafi

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Soroor Advani: Neurology Department Shohada Tajrish HospitalShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Seyyed Mohammad‐Mahdi Hosseini: Student Research CommitteeDepartment and Faculty of MedicineShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Alireza Zali: Functional Neurosurgery Research Center Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of ExcellenceShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Davood Ommi: Functional Neurosurgery Research Center Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of ExcellenceShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Alireza Fatemi: Functional Neurosurgery Research Center Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of ExcellenceShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Reza Jalili Khoshnoud: Functional Neurosurgery Research Center Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of ExcellenceShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Farzad Ashrafi: Functional Neurosurgery Research Center Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of ExcellenceShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5196
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 12
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Transverse myelitis has been reported as a complication of COVID‐19 in recent studies. Here, we report two cases of transverse myelitis related to COVID‐19. Both patients underwent plasma exchange after being treated with antibiotics and corticosteroids which lead to the recovery of one of them.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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