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Case Reports
. 2020 May 2;12(5):e7930.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.7930.

Neurological Complications of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Encephalopathy, MRI Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings: Case 2

Patricio S Espinosa  1 , Zufe Rizvi  2 , Pamraj Sharma  2 , Fawzi Hindi  2 , Asia Filatov  2
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Case Reports

Neurological Complications of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Encephalopathy, MRI Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings: Case 2

Patricio S Espinosa et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

The neurological complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are being better understood as the pandemic progresses. We report a second case of a patient who presented with COVID-19 infection and encephalopathy to our institution. In addition, we report MRI brain and cerebrospinal fluid data. COVID-19 does not seem to cross the blood-brain barrier. The exact mechanisms of encephalopathy and pathological response of COVID-19 are unknown.

Keywords: covid 19.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Chest x-ray demonstrating multifocal consolidations concerning for multifocal pneumonia.
Figure 2
Figure 2. MRI of the brain.
(A) Normal T1-weighted, (B) normal T2-weighted, (C) FLAIR sequence shows increased signal in the area of the acute stroke (arrow) and (D) diffusion-weighted imaging shows an area of restricted diffusion in the left parietocoritcal region (arrow). FLAIR, fluid attenuated inversion recovery.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Electroencephalography revealed diffuse slowing and no evidence of epileptiform abnormalities.
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