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New-Onset Seizure as the Only Presentation in a Child With COVID-19

We present a child with a new-onset isolated afebrile seizure in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This patient, an 11-year-old Hispanic male, was brought to our ED in New York city on May 01, 2020, during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis with seizure. There was no fever and/or respiratory and gastroi...

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Autores principales: Bhatta, Sabita, Sayed, Abida, Ranabhat, Bandana, Bhatta, Raj Kumar, Acharya, Yogesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7384710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32742835
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8820
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description We present a child with a new-onset isolated afebrile seizure in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This patient, an 11-year-old Hispanic male, was brought to our ED in New York city on May 01, 2020, during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis with seizure. There was no fever and/or respiratory and gastrointestinal complaints. His general and systemic examination did not reveal any abnormality. Similarly, his biochemical profiles were within normal limits, and the radiological study, including a chest X-ray and CT scan, showed normal findings. His polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was positive for SARS-CoV2. The patient was admitted for observation after consultation with pediatric neurology, and his condition progressively improved with anti-seizure medications. This case highlights the need for recognizing an uncommon and atypical presentation in COVID-19 as the new cases are unfolding rapidly across the globe. 
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spelling pubmed-73847102020-07-30 New-Onset Seizure as the Only Presentation in a Child With COVID-19 Bhatta, Sabita Sayed, Abida Ranabhat, Bandana Bhatta, Raj Kumar Acharya, Yogesh Cureus Neurology We present a child with a new-onset isolated afebrile seizure in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This patient, an 11-year-old Hispanic male, was brought to our ED in New York city on May 01, 2020, during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis with seizure. There was no fever and/or respiratory and gastrointestinal complaints. His general and systemic examination did not reveal any abnormality. Similarly, his biochemical profiles were within normal limits, and the radiological study, including a chest X-ray and CT scan, showed normal findings. His polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was positive for SARS-CoV2. The patient was admitted for observation after consultation with pediatric neurology, and his condition progressively improved with anti-seizure medications. This case highlights the need for recognizing an uncommon and atypical presentation in COVID-19 as the new cases are unfolding rapidly across the globe.  Cureus 2020-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7384710/ /pubmed/32742835 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8820 Text en Copyright © 2020, Bhatta et al. http://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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New-Onset Seizure as the Only Presentation in a Child With COVID-19
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title_fullStr New-Onset Seizure as the Only Presentation in a Child With COVID-19
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7384710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32742835
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8820
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