Foot Drop: A Rare Post COVID-19 Complication
Published: August 1, 2021 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2021/49087.15234
Parag Rameshrao Aradhey, Jiwan Kinkar, Neeta Dilip Gade, Kedar Takalkar, Tushar Patil
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
5. Professor, Department of Neurology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Parag Rameshrao Aradhey,
Flat No. 103/4C, Bloomdale Mihan, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: paragpgmed@gmail.com
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus which has caused Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, may also affect neural axis at different levels including Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). There is increasing evidence of neurological complications caused by SARS-CoV-2. Though isolated facial nerve involvement has been reported in literature, isolated peroneal nerve palsy secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection is a rare occurrence. This article reported two such rare cases (53-year-old male/45-year-old male) of foot drop where isolated peroneal nerve involvement was present on nerve conduction study. It was possibly caused by an immune mediated mechanism in patients who had recovered from COVID-19 infection.
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