Acute motor axonal neuropathy associated with COVID-19

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Ateş M. P., Çetin B. N., Ertuǧrul B. N., Yüksektepe A. E., ÇOMOĞLU S. S.

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine (Turkey), cilt.39, sa.1, ss.277-279, 2022 (Scopus)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 1
• Basım Tarihi: 2022
• Doi Numarası: 10.52142/omujecm.39.1.52
• Dergi Adı: Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine (Turkey)
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.277-279
• Anahtar Kelimeler: acute motor axonal neuropathy, COVID-19, guillain-Barré syndrome, pandemic, SARS-CoV2
• Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
• Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

COVID-19, which is considered a global pandemic, is constantly being renewed. Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) is a rare, axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). This article presents a 69-year-old female patient diagnosed with AMAN due to a COVID-19 infection. Sixty-nine-year-old female patient who started myalgia, headache, cough 14 days ago, and was added diarrhea, fever, loss of smell and taste. Nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was found to be positive. Ten days later, numbness and weakness developed in the distal extremities. As a result of the patient's neurological examination, acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) was diagnosed.