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Mult Scler Relat Disord
. 2021 Feb 24;50:102863.
doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102863. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 in a temporal relation to the onset of multiple sclerosis
Yara D Fragoso[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Filippe A S Pacheco[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Guilherme L Silveira[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Rodrigo A Oliveira[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Vitor M Carvalho[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ana Luiza C Martimbianco[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Neurological complications of COVID-19 have been described. We present the case of a 27-year-old woman who developed COVID-19 in April 2020. She continued to present anosmia and ageusia eight months later. Six months after contracting COVID-19, she developed dysesthesia, hypoesthesia and hyperreflexia. Her magnetic resonance imaging showed demyelinating lesions, of which two were enhanced by gadolinium. She was positive for oligoclonal bands in her spinal fluid. This patient developed multiple sclerosis with a temporal relationship to COVID-19. We believe that SARS-CoV-2 led to her autoimmune disease through a virus-induced neuroimmunopathological condition.
Keywords: Anosmia; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Multiple sclerosis; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2021 Feb 24;50:102863.
doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102863. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 in a temporal relation to the onset of multiple sclerosis
Yara D Fragoso[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Filippe A S Pacheco[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Guilherme L Silveira[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Rodrigo A Oliveira[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Vitor M Carvalho[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ana Luiza C Martimbianco[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33662859
- DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102863
Abstract
Neurological complications of COVID-19 have been described. We present the case of a 27-year-old woman who developed COVID-19 in April 2020. She continued to present anosmia and ageusia eight months later. Six months after contracting COVID-19, she developed dysesthesia, hypoesthesia and hyperreflexia. Her magnetic resonance imaging showed demyelinating lesions, of which two were enhanced by gadolinium. She was positive for oligoclonal bands in her spinal fluid. This patient developed multiple sclerosis with a temporal relationship to COVID-19. We believe that SARS-CoV-2 led to her autoimmune disease through a virus-induced neuroimmunopathological condition.
Keywords: Anosmia; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Multiple sclerosis; SARS-CoV-2.