COVID-19-associated mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion

• We demonstrated the first patient with COVID-19 developing an isolated SCC lesion on brain MRI, suggestive of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS). • MERS can be considered as a differential diagnosis for neurological symptoms of COVID-19, especially when patie...

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Autores principales: Hayashi, Misayo, Sahashi, Yuki, Baba, Yasutomo, Okura, Hiroyuki, Shimohata, Takayoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32474220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2020.116941
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Sumario:• We demonstrated the first patient with COVID-19 developing an isolated SCC lesion on brain MRI, suggestive of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS). • MERS can be considered as a differential diagnosis for neurological symptoms of COVID-19, especially when patients develop transient cerebellar ataxia or disorientation.

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