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Case Reports
. 2020 Nov;41(11):3023-3026.
doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04703-z. Epub 2020 Sep 2.

Covid-19-associated acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalomyelitis

Rahul Handa  1 , Satyan Nanda  2 , Atul Prasad  2 , Rajiv Anand  2 , Dhruv Zutshi  2 , Sujata K Dass  2 , Prabhjeet Kaur Bedi  2 , Aarti Pahuja  2 , Pankaj Kumar Shah  2 , Bipan Sharma  2
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Case Reports

Covid-19-associated acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalomyelitis

Rahul Handa et al. Neurol Sci. 2020 Nov.
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Figures

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MRI FLAIR axial image showing hyperintensity in splenium of corpus callosum
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MRI FLAIR axial image showing confluent hyperintensities involving bilateral subcortical posterior fronto-parietal lobes
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MRI FLAIR axial image showing sparing of basal ganglia
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MRI T2W sagittal image showing hyperintensity involving medulla and cervical cord
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