Post-COVID-19 Acute Transverse Myelitis: a clinical case report
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Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has been extensively studied for its pathophysiology, therapeutic approaches and complications. This case report mentions post-infectious neurological involvement related to SARS-CoV-2 in a young male patient. After a flu-like syndrome and RT-PCR of naso and oropharyngeal swab confirmed for the pandemic virus, the patient evolves with sensory and motor losses in the lower limbs linked to compromised sphincter control. The diagnosis of transverse myelitis in this present study seeks to discuss the association of this complication with the cause of one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
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