Open AccessSpontaneous intramedullary hematoma in a patient with COVID‐19 infection: A case report
Author(s) -
Sabouri Masih,
Rezvani Majid,
Aminmansour Bahram,
Sourani Arman,
Baradaran Mahdavi Sadegh
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5387
Subject(s) - medicine , laminectomy , hematoma , surgery , pneumonia , weakness , covid-19 , intramedullary rod , polyneuropathy , spinal cord , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , psychiatry
A 73‐year‐old man experienced four limb paresthesia and weakness following severe COVID‐19 pneumonia. EMG‐NCS showed inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy pattern while cervicothoracic imaging showed hematomyelia. The patient underwent laminectomy and hematoma evacuation. Neurological status improved to ASIA score C, postoperatively.