Acute motor axonal neuropathy associated with COVID-19

COVID-19, which is considered a global pandemic, is constantly being renewed. Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) is a rare, axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). This article presents a 69-year-old female patient diagnosed with AMAN due to a COVID-19 infection. Sixty-nine-year-old femal...

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Published in:	Journal of experimental and clinical medicine Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 277 - 279
Main Authors:	PANPALLI ATEŞ, Mehlika, ÇETİN, Beyza Nur, ERTUĞRUL, Beria Nur, YÜKSEKTEPE, Ahmet Enes, ÇOMOĞLU, Selim Selçuk
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-01-2022
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Summary:	COVID-19, which is considered a global pandemic, is constantly being renewed. Acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) is a rare, axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). This article presents a 69-year-old female patient diagnosed with AMAN due to a COVID-19 infection. Sixty-nine-year-old female patient who started myalgia, headache, cough 14 days ago, and was added diarrhea, fever, loss of smell and taste. Nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was found to be positive. Ten days later, numbness and weakness developed in the distal extremities. As a result of the patient's neurological examination, acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) was diagnosed.
ISSN:	1309-4483 1309-5129
DOI:	10.52142/omujecm.39.1.52