PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mehan, W.A.
AU  - Yoon, B.C.
AU  - Lang, M.
AU  - Li, M.D.
AU  - Rincon, S.
AU  - Buch, K.
TI  - Paraspinal Myositis in Patients with COVID-19 Infection
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A6711
DP  - 2020 Oct 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1949--1952
VI  - 41
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/41/10/1949.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/41/10/1949.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2020 Oct 01; 41
AB  - SUMMARY: Myalgia is a previously reported symptom in patients with COVID-19 infection; however, the presence of paraspinal myositis has not been previously reported. We report MR imaging findings of the spine obtained in a cohort of 9 patients with COVID-19 infection who presented to our hospital between March 3, 2020 and May 6, 2020. We found that 7 of 9 COVID-19 patients (78%) who underwent MR imaging of the spine had MR imaging evidence of paraspinal myositis, characterized by intramuscular edema and/or enhancement. Five of these 7 patients had a prolonged hospital course (greater than 25 days). Our knowledge of the imaging manifestations of COVID-19 infection is expanding. It is important for clinicians>a to be aware of the relatively high frequency of paraspinal myositis in this small cohort of patients with COVID-19 infection.COVID-19coronavirus disease 2019SARS-CoV-2Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2