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Rishikesh Dessai1, Kunal Chawla2, Shipra Gulati3
1Consultant, Department of Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India, Corresponding Author.
Abstract:
A lot of autoimmune conditions have been found to be associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). There are multiple cases of autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases reported after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Autoimmune neurological presentations have also been reported but are very rare. Morvan's syndrome is a life-threatening autoimmune disease and is very rare. Morvan's syndrome is classically characterized by neuromyotonia, dysautonomia, insomnia, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Leucine-rich glioma-inactivated protein 1 (LGI1) and contactin-associated protein 2 (CASPR2) autoimmunity has also been associated with Morvan's syndrome. We hereby report an interesting case of a male patient in his 40s, who had a history of COVID-19 infection, following which he had bilateral lower-limb weakness and pain, with profuse sweating, and was later diagnosed as a case of SARS-CoV-2-associated Morvan's syndrome.
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