Maurier, Francois and Godbert, Benoit and Perrin, Julie (2020) Respiratory Distress in SARS-CoV-2 without Lung Damage: Phrenic Paralysis Should Be Considered in COVID-19 Infection. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (6). pp. 1-2. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
We describe an overweight COVID-19 patient with respiratory distress preceded by anosmia/dysgeusia with no lung injury shown on CT, angio-CT or ventilation/perfusion scans. Orthopnoea and paradoxical abdominal respiration were identified.Phrenic paralysis, demonstrated by examination of patient breathing, and on x-ray while standing breathing in and out, explained the respiratory distress. This is a rare and previously undescribed neurological complication of COVID-19 infection caused by vagus nerve injury.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19, respiratory distress, phrenic paralysis, neurotropism |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2021 12:58 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2021 12:58 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20897 |
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