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Case Reports
. 2022 Oct;122(5):1377-1379.
doi: 10.1007/s13760-022-01923-2. Epub 2022 Mar 13.

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome presented as a cerebral and systemic vasculitis: a case report

Jovana Ivanovic #  1 , Maja Stojanovic #  2   3 , Aleksandar Ristic #  2   4 , Dragoslav Sokic #  2   4 , Nikola Vojvodic #  2   4
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Case Reports

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome presented as a cerebral and systemic vasculitis: a case report

Jovana Ivanovic et al. Acta Neurol Belg. 2022 Oct.
No abstract available

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The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Brain MRI showed supratentorial microischemic lesions, periventricular leukoencephalopathy, hygroma, and postcontrast enhancement of meninges on T2w axial (a), FLAIR coronal (b), and T1 contrast (c) sequences
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
A whole-body PET showed inflammation of the thoracic and abdominal aorta, both iliac and both femoral arteries as a manifestation of systemic vasculitis
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