Table 3. Summary of reported cases of peripheral nervous system (PNS) complications of COVID-19.
*Only abstract is available in English.
AUTHOR | LOCATION | AGE, GENDER | PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS | RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS |
Haldrup et al.* [37] | Denmark | 30 years, - | Presentation: Mild flu and sudden anosmia and ageusia | - |
Zhao et al. [39] | Jingzhou, China | 66 years, Female | Presentation: Weakness in both legs, fatigue. Diagnosis: Guillain-Barre syndrome | - |
Hjelmesæth and Skaare [35] | Oslo, Norway | 1. In 60 years, female 2. In 60 years, male 3. In 90 years, male | Presentation: 1. Anosmia, ageusia. 2. Anosmia, ageusia. 3. Anosmia, dysgeusia, cough, dyspnea, and fever | - |
Sedaghat and Karimi [40] | Sari, Iran | 65 years, male | Presentation: Acute progressive symmetric ascending quadriparesis. Diagnoses: Guillain-Barre syndrome | Lung CT showed diffused consolidations and ground-glass opacities in both lungs and bilateral pleural effusion. |
Gutiérrez-Ortiz et al. [45] | Madrid, Spain | 1. 50 years, male 2. 39 years, male | Presentation: 1. Ageusia, right internuclear ophthalmoparesis, right fascicular oculomotor palsy, ataxia, areflexia. 2. Ageusia, bilateral abducens palsy, areflexia, and albuminocytologic dissociation. A few days before, he had developed diarrhea and a low-grade fever. Diagnosis: Miller Fisher syndrome and polyneuritis cranialis in COVID-19 patients. | Chest X-ray and head CT without contrast were normal for both patients. |
Melley et al. [36] | Pennsylvania, USA | 59 years, female | Presentation: Disturbed taste and a reduced sense of smell which progressed to anosmia | Chest X-ray and CT chest: multiple patchy ground-glass opacities in bilateral subpleural areas |