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.