| Autor: |
Mihai Băilă, Aura Spînu, Cristina Popescu, Costică Zamfir, Elena Constantin, Elena Brumă, Cristian Raducanu, Ştefan Petre, Gelu Oonose |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Balneo and PRM Research Journal, Vol 13, Iss 1, p 479 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2734-8458 |
| DOI: |
10.12680/balneo.2022.479 |
| Popis: |
Spinal ependymomas are a group of mostly slow-growing tumors that can cause non-traumatic spinal cord injury with insidious clinical symptomatology ranging from neck or back pain to as-sociated sensory-motor impairment. Due to their neurological and systemic frailty, patients with spinal cord injury might be especially vulnerable to the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the resulting respiratory impairment. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 66 year old women admitted in our Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Clinic Division for severe in-complete paraplegia and neurogenic bladder. She was previously diagnosed in the Neurosurgi-cal Ward with a thoracic grade II (classic) ependymoma and underwent a gross tumor resection. During the neurorehabilitation program the patient was diagnosed with COVID-19. The multi-drug related treatments were associated with supportive oxygen therapy and neuromuscular and respiratory rehabilitation techniques. RESULTS: Despite of the patient’s favorable rehabili-tation, consisting of walking abilities with support in a walking frame on short distances, her prognosis may be worsened by resting neurogenic bladder symptoms. COVID-19 has led to im-portant acute respiratory morbidity in our patient, regardless of the mild course of the disease, and might further cause a post-infectious respiratory impairment. ONCLUSION: Spinal cord in-jury remains a life-long condition and emphasizes the necessity of supporting the affected pati-ents on the long run. |
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