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To the Editor: A 58-year-old woman presented with rapidly progressive gait difficulty and dysgeusia after recovering from a febrile illness. Two weeks before presentation, she had returned from Florida but reported no contacts with persons who had confirmed or suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). She then developed an 11-day illness characterized by fever, myalgia, and asthenia but no respiratory symptoms (Figure). Six days after recovery, she noted dysgeusia without anosmia, followed by rapidly progressive bilateral paraparesis, imbalance, and severe lower thoracic pain without radiation. One week later, she was admitted locally because of progression of symptoms and now required a gait aid for ambulation. Results of a computed tomography angiogram of the chest and abdomen were negative for dissection but revealed peripheral predominant opacities (Figure). Laboratory workup revealed a …