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Hydrocephalus as Possible Neurological Complication of COVID-19: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), typically affects the respiratory system but can also present with neurological manifestations. Although some cases of hydrocephalus related to COVID-19 infection have been reported, a cl...

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Autores principales: Verrienti, Giulio, Megliola, Gianluigi, Colamaria, Antonio, Condò, Tommaso, Lozupone, Emilio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10387289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37525817
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41199
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author Verrienti, Giulio
Megliola, Gianluigi
Colamaria, Antonio
Condò, Tommaso
Lozupone, Emilio
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), typically affects the respiratory system but can also present with neurological manifestations. Although some cases of hydrocephalus related to COVID-19 infection have been reported, a clear association between these two entities is not universally recognized yet. Here, we report another interesting case of hydrocephalus in a 60-year-old man with a previous aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) who tested positive for COVID-19. Secondly, we illustrate a systematic overview of the previously reported cases of hydrocephalus related to COVID-19 infection. Finally, in light of the literature, we discuss the supposed underlying mechanisms that could make the association between COVID-19 infection and hydrocephalus plausible. 
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spelling pubmed-103872892023-07-31 Hydrocephalus as Possible Neurological Complication of COVID-19: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review Verrienti, Giulio Megliola, Gianluigi Colamaria, Antonio Condò, Tommaso Lozupone, Emilio Cureus Neurology Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), typically affects the respiratory system but can also present with neurological manifestations. Although some cases of hydrocephalus related to COVID-19 infection have been reported, a clear association between these two entities is not universally recognized yet. Here, we report another interesting case of hydrocephalus in a 60-year-old man with a previous aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) who tested positive for COVID-19. Secondly, we illustrate a systematic overview of the previously reported cases of hydrocephalus related to COVID-19 infection. Finally, in light of the literature, we discuss the supposed underlying mechanisms that could make the association between COVID-19 infection and hydrocephalus plausible.  Cureus 2023-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10387289/ /pubmed/37525817 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41199 Text en Copyright © 2023, Verrienti et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Verrienti, Giulio
Megliola, Gianluigi
Colamaria, Antonio
Condò, Tommaso
Lozupone, Emilio
Hydrocephalus as Possible Neurological Complication of COVID-19: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review
title Hydrocephalus as Possible Neurological Complication of COVID-19: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review
title_full Hydrocephalus as Possible Neurological Complication of COVID-19: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review
title_fullStr Hydrocephalus as Possible Neurological Complication of COVID-19: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Hydrocephalus as Possible Neurological Complication of COVID-19: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review
title_short Hydrocephalus as Possible Neurological Complication of COVID-19: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review
title_sort hydrocephalus as possible neurological complication of covid-19: a case report and systematic literature review
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10387289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37525817
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41199
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