Autor: |
Francois Maurier, Benoit Godbert, Julie Perrin |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2020 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2020) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2284-2594 |
DOI: |
10.12890/2020_001728 |
Popis: |
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. |
Databáze: |
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