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Case Reports
. 2021 May:50:102857.
doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102857. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

MOG-associated encephalitis following SARS-COV-2 infection

John Peters  1 , Saleh Alhasan  2 , Chantal B F Vogels  3 , Nathan D Grubaugh  3 , Shelli Farhadian  4 , Erin E Longbrake  2
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Case Reports

MOG-associated encephalitis following SARS-COV-2 infection

John Peters et al. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2021 May.

Abstract

A variety of neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 infections have been reported. Here, we present a case of steroid-responsive MOG-antibody associated encephalitis, characterized by cognitive decline, headaches, fever, unilateral FLAIR-hyperintensities, and leptomeningeal enhancement, that occurred in the setting of recent COVID-19 infection.

Keywords: Coronavirus; Encephalitis; MOG-associated disease; SARS-CoV-2.

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MRI brain before treatment (A-D) showing left-sided T2-FLAIR hyperintensity (A, B) and leptomeningeal enhancement (C, D) compared to MRI after treatment (E-H) showing improvement in T2-FLAIR signal (E, F) and resolution of leptomeningeal enhancement (G, H).
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