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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun;34(3):1099-1102.
doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-01119-7. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

COVID-19-Associated Acute Multi-infarct Encephalopathy in an Asymptomatic CADASIL Patient

Tianshu Zhang  1 , Ellen Hirsh  2 , Shadi Zandieh  2 , Michael B Rodricks  2
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Case Reports

COVID-19-Associated Acute Multi-infarct Encephalopathy in an Asymptomatic CADASIL Patient

Tianshu Zhang et al. Neurocrit Care. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
CT head—bilateral temporal and subcortical hypodensity
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(Top) MRI brain (Top, Left)—subcortical diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and (Top, Right) apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map changes. (Below) MRI brain—subcortical and temporal T2 FLAIR changes
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Follow-up MRI brain of this patient 7 weeks later. (Top, Left) MRI brain—subcortical diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with only slight bright signal, (Top, Right) apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map with normal signal. (Below, Left) MRI brain—T1 FLAIR with contrast—subcortical hypodensity areas without enhancement, and (Below, Right) T2 FLAIR with contrast with increased signal changes
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