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Published on: December 19, 2020
Tapia's syndrome in a patient with COVID-19
Tharuka Herath1, Nadiene Lutchman2, Leena Naidu2
1Neurology, Kettering General Hospital, Kettering, UK tharukaherath11@gmail.com.
Abstract:
A 42-year-old man developed bilateral Tapia's syndrome (recurrent laryngeal and hypoglossal nerves paralysis) following prolonged ventilation for COVID-19 pneumonia. Examination showed global tongue atrophy and bilateral asymmetric vocal cord palsy. He improved rapidly without specific treatment, suggesting that neuropraxia was the likely mechanism of injury. Tapia's syndrome has been reported disproportionately more often in association with COVID-19, possibly from injury to hypoglossal and vagal nerves during ventilation in the prone position.
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