Cervical longitudinally extensive myelitis after vaccination with inactivated virus-based COVID-19 vaccine

Myelitis, including longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LTEM), is reported in more than forty patients after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Among COVID-19 vaccines, only Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (AZD1222) has been associated with few cases of myelitis (1 LTEM). We report t...

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Autores principales: Mahsa Sepahvand, MD, Narges Yazdi, MD, Mohammad Rohani, MD, Maziar Emamikhah, MD
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/a0d07cf540ef40a691709535a725686b
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Sumario:Myelitis, including longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LTEM), is reported in more than forty patients after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Among COVID-19 vaccines, only Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (AZD1222) has been associated with few cases of myelitis (1 LTEM). We report the first case of myelitis/LTEM after BBIBP-CorV/Sinopharm vaccine, interestingly presented as a hemicord syndrome. A 71-year-old male presented with left-side diplegia, right-side hemihyposthesis with facial sparing and impaired position sensation in left foot after vaccination with BBIBP-CorV. MRI revealed a longitudinal signal in left cervical hemicord. This is the first reported myelitis and LTEM with COVID-19 vaccines other than AZD1222.