Symmetrical polyneuropathy in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Fereshteh Ghiasvand, Maryam Ghadimi, Fatemeh Ghadimi, Samin Safarpour, Roghieh Hosseinzadeh, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi
Abstract
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus that began in late December 2019 was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization as the number of cases is increasing exponentially throughout the globe. We presented a patient with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia developing symmetric polyneuropathy. To our knowledge, extrapulmonary clinical presentations of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have rarely been reported. This case highlights the possible association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and nervous system involvement.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCoronavirusCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicOutbreakPneumoniaSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Polyneuropathy2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBetacoronavirusDiseaseVirologyIntensive care medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyInternal medicineLong-Term Effects of COVID-19Peripheral Neuropathies and DisordersCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies