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Unusual lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum and coronavirus infectious disease-19

Coronavirus infectious diseases (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease that has taken a strong grip on the entire global community. The diagnosis per se is straightforward; however, the disease seems to affect multiple organs. Cytokine-storm, increased thromboembolic state, deranged overall ho...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Nivedita, Martini, Rosella, Pedrotti, Giovanni, Della Sala, Sabino Walter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32922853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200068
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author Agarwal, Nivedita
Martini, Rosella
Pedrotti, Giovanni
Della Sala, Sabino Walter
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description Coronavirus infectious diseases (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease that has taken a strong grip on the entire global community. The diagnosis per se is straightforward; however, the disease seems to affect multiple organs. Cytokine-storm, increased thromboembolic state, deranged overall homeostasis and aggressive medical treatment can cause a variety of lesions in the central nervous system. Interpretation of brain imaging findings will require a thorough understanding of the clinical status of the patient and treatment being offered, keeping in mind the several ways in which the viral pathogen, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 may interact with brain tissue. We present differential diagnosis of a MRI identified solitary lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum, in a COVID-19 positive patient with altered mental status.
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spelling pubmed-74657312020-09-11 Unusual lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum and coronavirus infectious disease-19 Agarwal, Nivedita Martini, Rosella Pedrotti, Giovanni Della Sala, Sabino Walter BJR Case Rep Case Report Coronavirus infectious diseases (COVID-19) is an emerging infectious disease that has taken a strong grip on the entire global community. The diagnosis per se is straightforward; however, the disease seems to affect multiple organs. Cytokine-storm, increased thromboembolic state, deranged overall homeostasis and aggressive medical treatment can cause a variety of lesions in the central nervous system. Interpretation of brain imaging findings will require a thorough understanding of the clinical status of the patient and treatment being offered, keeping in mind the several ways in which the viral pathogen, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 may interact with brain tissue. We present differential diagnosis of a MRI identified solitary lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum, in a COVID-19 positive patient with altered mental status. The British Institute of Radiology. 2020-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7465731/ /pubmed/32922853 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200068 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Unusual lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum and coronavirus infectious disease-19
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465731/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200068
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