Acute transverse myelitis after inactivated COVID-19 vaccine
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Acute transverse myelitis after inactivated COVID-19 vaccine
Abstract
Vaccines against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been rapidly developed to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. There is increasing safety concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccines. We report a 78-year old woman who was presented with tetraparesis, paresthesias of bilateral upper extremities, and urinary retention of one-day duration. Three weeks before these symptoms, she was vaccinated with CoronaVAC vaccine (Sinovac Life Sciences, China). Spine magnetic resonance imaging showed longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (TM) from the C1 to the T3 spinal cord segment. An extensive diagnostic workup was performed to exclude other possible causes of TM. We suggest that longitudinally extensive TM may be associated with COVID-19 vaccination in this case. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of longitudinally extensive TM developing after CoronaVac vaccination. Clinicians should be aware of neurological symptoms after vaccination of COVID-19.
A Covid-19 pandémiát megelőzendő, nagy erőkkel folyik a súlyos akut légzőszervi szindrómát okozó SARS-CoV-2 koronavírus elleni oltásfejlesztés; számos biztonságossági problémát azonosítottak már a SARS-CoV-2-vakcinák alkalmazásakor. Bemutatjuk egy 78 éves nőbeteg esetét, akit tetraparesissel, mindkét felső végtagot érintő paraesthesiákkal és egy napja fennálló vizeletretencióval szállítottak osztályunkra; a beteg három héttel a tünetei jelentkezése előtt részesült CoronaVAC-vakcinációban (Sinovac Life Sciences, Kína). A gerincvelő mágnesesrezonancia-vizsgálata longitudinálisan kiterjedő transversalis myelitist (TM) mutatott ki a C1-től T3-ig terjedő gerincvelőszegmensben. Véleményünk szerint a longitudinálisan kiterjedő TM ebben az esetben a SARS-CoV-2-vakcinációhoz kapcsolódik. Tudomásunk szerint ez az első esetbemutatás, ami CoronaVAC-vakcináció után kialakuló, longitudinálisan kiterjedő TM-ről számol be. A klinikusoknak ismerniük kell a SARS-CoV-2-vakcinációt követően esetlegesen kialakuló neurológiai problémákat.
Keywords: COVID-19; adverse effect; transverse myelitis; vaccination.
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