Background
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)1, which was declared by The World Health
Organization (WHO) as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of August 2020,
more than 21 million cases have been reported globally; Qatar has
recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on February 29, 2020, and
has a total of 114,809 confirmed cases, with a total of 192
deaths.2 Transverse myelitis is an inflammatory
disorder with a heterogeneous pathology classified into acute or
subacute spinal cord dysfunction and clinically featured by abnormal
motor skills, sensory alterations, and disturbed bladder and bowel
activities.3
This report describes an adult male who presented with features of acute
transverse myelitis associated with COVID-19.