COVID-19-associated encephalopathy with fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction: CT and MRI findings

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) can cause various mild to severe neurologic symptoms, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. We hereby present a fatal case of a 50-year-old male health care provider, admitted due to altered mental status due to encephalopathy, c...

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Autores principales: Sirous, Reza, Taghvaei, Reheleh, Hellinger, Jeffery C., Krauthamer, Alan V., Mirfendereski, Sam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7428683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32837672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.08.024
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author Sirous, Reza
Taghvaei, Reheleh
Hellinger, Jeffery C.
Krauthamer, Alan V.
Mirfendereski, Sam
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description Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) can cause various mild to severe neurologic symptoms, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. We hereby present a fatal case of a 50-year-old male health care provider, admitted due to altered mental status due to encephalopathy, cerebral edema, and fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction caused by SARS-Cov-2. Our case highlights the importance of considering SARS-Cov-2 infection in the differential diagnosis for patients with unexplained central nervous system dysfunction and cerebral edema to prevent delayed diagnosis and render rapid treatment.
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spelling pubmed-74286832020-08-17 COVID-19-associated encephalopathy with fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction: CT and MRI findings Sirous, Reza Taghvaei, Reheleh Hellinger, Jeffery C. Krauthamer, Alan V. Mirfendereski, Sam Radiol Case Rep Case Report Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) can cause various mild to severe neurologic symptoms, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. We hereby present a fatal case of a 50-year-old male health care provider, admitted due to altered mental status due to encephalopathy, cerebral edema, and fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction caused by SARS-Cov-2. Our case highlights the importance of considering SARS-Cov-2 infection in the differential diagnosis for patients with unexplained central nervous system dysfunction and cerebral edema to prevent delayed diagnosis and render rapid treatment. Elsevier 2020-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7428683/ /pubmed/32837672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.08.024 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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COVID-19-associated encephalopathy with fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction: CT and MRI findings
title COVID-19-associated encephalopathy with fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction: CT and MRI findings
title_full COVID-19-associated encephalopathy with fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction: CT and MRI findings
title_fullStr COVID-19-associated encephalopathy with fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction: CT and MRI findings
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title_short COVID-19-associated encephalopathy with fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction: CT and MRI findings
title_sort covid-19-associated encephalopathy with fulminant cerebral vasoconstriction: ct and mri findings
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7428683/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32837672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.08.024
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