Rheumatology: Current Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-1149 (Printed)
ISSN: 2161-1149 (Printed)
Clínica de Reumatologia, Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias, Marinha do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Research Article
Necrotizing Myopathy in SARS-CoV -2 Infection
Author(s): Tatiana Melo Fernandes, Karina Martins-Cardoso, Franciele Cristina Ferreira Pereira, Nathalie Henriques Silva Canedo, Bartira Souza Melo, Leila Chimelli, Walter Carlos de Oliveira Bohrer, Mariana D’Oliveira Bulhões da Costa, Carlos de Oliveira Nascimento, Maressa Barbosa Beloni Lirio, Eduardo Siqueira, Gutemberg Gomes Alves, Shana Priscila Coutinho Barroso and Dirlei Nico*
COVID-19-related pain and muscular weakness have been documented often in more severe instances and in post- mortem biopsies. Patients infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus (SARS-CoV-2) have also suffered neurological damages. Furthermore, during and after an infection, immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy might develop. SARS-CoV-2 infection has also been linked to immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy in case reports. In this report, a young patient with minimal comorbidities was brought to the hospital with seronegative immune- mediated necrotizing myopathy due to COVID-19... View More»
DOI:
10.35841/2161-1149.22.12.311