J Neurovirol . Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2

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J Neurovirol


. 2021 Mar 31.
doi: 10.1007/s13365-021-00974-0. Online ahead of print.
Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2


Jo?o Fernandes ¹ , Peter Puhlmann ²



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• PMID: 33788141
• DOI: 10.1007/s13365-021-00974-0

Abstract

A patient presented with an opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome after a 2-week period of fever. In her work as an assistant nurse, she had been exposed to patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2. Laboratory investigations showed that the patient had positive IgG antibodies against this pathogen, and a chest CT showed changes compatible with this infection. Other known causes for this syndrome were excluded. Our case shows that the opsoclonus-myoclonus-ataxia syndrome can occur as a post-/para-infectious manifestation in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2.

Keywords: Gait disorders/ataxia; Myoclonus; Opsoclonus; Post-infectious; SARS-CoV-2.