Bilateral Symmetric Gastrocnemius Myositis Secondary to COVID-19

Aishwarya Sharma; Abhishek Matta; Dinesh Bande

doi:10.7759/cureus.29127

Bilateral Symmetric Gastrocnemius Myositis Secondary to COVID-19

Cureus. 2022 Sep 13;14(9):e29127. doi: 10.7759/cureus.29127. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Authors

Aishwarya Sharma¹, Abhishek Matta^{2

3

4}, Dinesh Bande³

Affiliations

¹ Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, USA.
² Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA.
³ Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, USA.
⁴ Internal Medicine, Sanford Health, Fargo, USA.

Abstract

As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic perseverates on, more insight into the multidisciplinary manifestations of COVID-19 is being brought to the forefront. Musculoskeletal presentations range from mild creatinine kinase elevation and myalgias to severe rhabdomyolysis. We present a case of a patient who presented with symmetric myositis of bilateral gastrocnemius muscles secondary group.

Keywords: coronavirus disease 2019; covid-19; creatinine kinase; gastrocnemius; gastrocnemius myositis; myositis; sars-cov-2 infection.

Publication types

Case Reports