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. 2020 Jun 24;12(6):e8790. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8790

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