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Claire E Fernandez1, Colin K Franz1, Jason H Ko1
1From the Department of Radiology (C.E.F., S.D.), Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (C.K.F.), Department of Neurology (C.K.F., I.J.K.), Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (J.H.K.), and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine (J.M.W.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 420 E Superior St, Chicago, IL 60611; Shirley Ryan Ability Laboratory (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago), Chicago, Ill (C.K.F.); and Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md (S.A.).
Abstract:
With surging numbers of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) throughout the world, neuromuscular complications and rehabilitation concerns are becoming more apparent. Peripheral nerve injury can occur in patients with COVID-19 secondary to postinfectious inflammatory neuropathy, prone positioning-related stretch and/or compression injury, systemic neuropathy, or nerve entrapment from hematoma. Imaging of peripheral nerves in patients with COVID-19 may help to characterize nerve abnormality, to identify site and severity of nerve damage, and to potentially elucidate mechanisms of injury, thereby aiding the medical diagnosis and decision-making process. This review article aims to provide a first comprehensive summary of the current knowledge of COVID-19 and peripheral nerve imaging.
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