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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul 24;12(7):e9378.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.9378.

Seizures Related to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Case Series and Literature Review

Muddasir Ashraf  1 , Sulaiman Sajed  2
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Case Reports

Seizures Related to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Case Series and Literature Review

Muddasir Ashraf et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Neurological manifestations are common in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. We present three cases of COVID-19 patients with seizures. Two patients had a history of seizures but very well controlled. They presented with seizure activity likely triggered by COVID-19. The third patient had no history of seizures and presented with new onset of seizure activity. All these patients were routinely screened for COVID-19 on admission and tested positive on nasopharyngeal real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). None of these patients had respiratory symptoms. Electroencephalography (EEG) was abnormal in all three patients. All these patients recovered and were discharged in a stable condition.

Keywords: coronavirus disease; covid-19; neurological; sars-cov-2; seizures.

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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 showing cardiomegaly with no acute lung infiltrates.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Electroencephalography (EEG) showing generalized sharps with slowing.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Chest X-ray showing bibasilar small airspace disease.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Electroencephalography (EEG) showing left-sided sharps with slowing.
Figure 5
Figure 5. Chest X-ray showing focal consolidation in the medial right lung base.
Figure 6
Figure 6. CT of the brain showing right sided encephalomalacia.
CT of the brain denotes CT of the head.
Figure 7
Figure 7. Electroencephalography (EEG) showing right-sided sharps with slowing.
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