ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS AFTER INACTIVATED COVID-19 VACCINE

Erdem N. Ş., Demirci S., Özel T., Mamadova K., Karaali K., Çelık H. T., ...Daha Fazla

IDEGGYOGYASZATI SZEMLE-CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE, sa.7-8, ss.273-276, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.18071/isz.74.0273
  • Dergi Adı: IDEGGYOGYASZATI SZEMLE-CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.273-276
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Adverse effect, COVID-19, Transverse myelitis, Vaccination
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.