SAGE Open Med Case Rep . Vestibular neuritis caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection diagnosed by serology: Case report

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SAGE Open Med Case Rep


. 2021 May 13;9:2050313X211013261.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X211013261. eCollection 2021.
Vestibular neuritis caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection diagnosed by serology: Case report


Alexandra Halalau ^{1 2} , Madalina Halalau ³ , Christopher Carpenter ^{1 2 4} , Amr E Abbas ^{2 5} , Matthew Sims ^{1 2 4}



Affiliations

• PMID: 34035914
• PMCID: PMC8127789
• DOI: 10.1177/2050313X211013261

Abstract

Vestibular neuritis is a disorder selectively affecting the vestibular portion of the eighth cranial nerve generally considered to be inflammatory in nature. There have been no reports of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causing vestibular neuritis. We present the case of a 42-year-old Caucasian male physician, providing care to COVID-19 patients, with no significant past medical history, who developed acute vestibular neuritis, 2 weeks following a mild respiratory illness, later diagnosed as COVID-19. Physicians should keep severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 high on the list as a possible etiology when suspecting vestibular neuritis, given the extent and implications of the current pandemic and the high contagiousness potential.

Keywords: COVID-19; case report; serology; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vestibular neuritis.