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Multiple sclerosis following SARS-CoV-2 infection

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 45; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.msard.2020.102377

2211-0356

María Palao, Eva Fernández-Díaz, J. Gracia Gil, Carlos Sánchez, I. Díaz-Maroto, Tomás Segura,

Retinal and Optic Conditions

SARS-CoV-2 infection can produce neurological features. The most common are headache, anosmia and dysgeusia but patients may also develop other central nervous system (CNS) injuries.We present a patient affected by Covid-19 who initially consulted for decreased visual acuity. The MRI showed inflammation in the right optic nerve and demyelinating lesions in the CNS.We speculate that an immune mechanism induced by SARS-CoV-2, which can activate lymphocytes and an inflammatory response, plays a role in the clinical onset of the disease. This pathogen may be associated with either the triggering or the exacerbation of inflammatory/demyelinating disease.