Acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) associated with COVİD-19 infection ; a case report

Year 2022, , 76 - 78, 30.09.2022

Hilal Sipahioğlu , Merve Elmaağaç , Yesim Celik Kantar , Ali İhsan Günal

https://doi.org/10.33706/jemcr.1099690

Abstract

Myalgia and headache are relatively common in COVID-19 disease, but the serious neurological disease is rare. In this case, we describe the symptoms and clinic of AMSAN, a rare variant of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) due to COVID 19. We presented a case of AMSAN, a rare variant of GBS, in a 46-year-old male patient with a poor overall condition that did not recover after COVID-19 disease, loss of strength in all four extremities, and CSF and EMG findings. We added another GBS case due to Covid-19 infection to the literature. It should always be kept in mind that GBS may develop after the COVID-19 disease.

Keywords

AMSAN, COVİD-19, Guillain Barre syndrome, Neuropathy

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