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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug:88:68-70.
doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.06.012. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

Delirium as a presenting feature in COVID-19: Neuroinvasive infection or autoimmune encephalopathy?

Akram A Hosseini  1 , Ashit K Shetty  2 , Nikola Sprigg  3 , Dorothee P Auer  4 , Cris S Constantinescu  5
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Case Reports

Delirium as a presenting feature in COVID-19: Neuroinvasive infection or autoimmune encephalopathy?

Akram A Hosseini et al. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Case 1, MRI head 6 days after the onset of delirium: white arrows show the signal hyperintensity changes in the subcortex of the left lateral temporal lobe on T2-Weighted (A), FLAIR (B), and Diffusion Weighted Image (C), and ADC map (D).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Case 2, MRI head 12 days after the onset of altered mental state: white arrows show the signal hyperintensity changes in the limbic system, predominantly in the left amygdala and hippocampus on FLAIR (A), partial restricted diffusion (B, C) and T1 hypointensity on post-Gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted image (D).
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