New-onset chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy after COVID-19 infection: a case report.
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
; 85(10): 5031-5034, 2023 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Introduction and importance SARS-CoV-2 infection, besides respiratory symptoms, as cardinal manifestation, may present with neurological involvement. Immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy is one of the important neurological complications manifested by COVID-19 mainly includes Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), treatment-related fluctuation of GBS, and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). Also, there are several reports of COVID-19 vaccine-related GBS and CIDP. According to possible severe manifestations of neuropathies like respiratory failure, considering these complications for early diagnosis and treatment is very important. Case presentation The authors presented a 67-year-old woman with severe weakness in upper and lower extremities, the patient was diagnosed as case with CIDP initiated after COVID-19 virus infection and/or vaccination that experienced one relapse in 11 months. In both episodes, treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin started and the patient respond. Clinical discussion:
To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first reported cases with a typical chronic course of CIDP associated with COVID-19 virus infection and/or vaccination.Conclusion:
Considering this complication and differentiation between GBS and CIDP, and then initiating maintenance therapy can prevent long-term disability.
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2023
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