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Open Access 01-12-2021 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Letter to the editor

Post-COVID-19 encephalomyelitis

Authors: Ji-Won Kim, Nuran Abdullayev, Janina Neuneier, Gereon R. Fink, Helmar C. Lehmann

Published in: Neurological Research and Practice | Issue 1/2021

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Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a growing number of cases of acute transverse myelitis associated with COVID-19 have been reported. Here, we present the case of a patient who developed sensory ataxia after COVID-19 with MR lesions suggestive for longitudinal myelitis and in the splenium of the corpus callosum. The patient was successfully treated with immunoadsorption.

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Title: Post-COVID-19 encephalomyelitis
Authors: Ji-Won Kim
Nuran Abdullayev
Janina Neuneier
Gereon R. Fink
Helmar C. Lehmann
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Somatosensory Evoked Potential
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease
COVID-19
Post-COVID Syndrome
Spinal Stenosis
Somatosensory Evoked Potential
Published in: Neurological Research and Practice / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 2524-3489
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42466-021-00113-4

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