Cargando…
Neurological complications in COVID-19 – a diagnostic challenge
With the exponential growth of COVID-19 cases, the neurological complications reported during or after the infection became more common. There is limited knowledge regarding the pathophysiological mechanisms that are responsible for these complications. Recent data provides compelling evidence for t...
Autores principales: | , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Carol Davila University Press
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8169143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34104245 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2021-0045 |
_version_ | 1783702000741908480 |
---|---|
author | Vacaras, Vitalie Frunze, Sorina Cordos, Adrian Mihai |
author_facet | Vacaras, Vitalie Frunze, Sorina Cordos, Adrian Mihai |
author_sort | Vacaras, Vitalie |
collection | PubMed |
description | With the exponential growth of COVID-19 cases, the neurological complications reported during or after the infection became more common. There is limited knowledge regarding the pathophysiological mechanisms that are responsible for these complications. Recent data provides compelling evidence for the neurotropic nature of SARS-CoV-2, based on neurological manifestations reported during the current pandemic, as well as on previous experience with other coronaviruses. We present the case of a patient who developed headaches, motor deficit and dysphasia after respiratory COVID-19. Imaging tests showed heterogeneous central nervous system lesions (multiple subarachnoid hemorrhages and two ischemic strokes). Given the plethora of atypical neurological complications of COVID-19 described in the current literature, establishing a positive diagnosis and deciding on a treatment plan proved to be particularly challenging. We set to discuss some of the possible pathologies, hypothesized to be associated with COVID-19, that could lead to concomitant neurological lesions, similar to those noticed in our patient. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8169143 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | Carol Davila University Press |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-81691432021-06-07 Neurological complications in COVID-19 – a diagnostic challenge Vacaras, Vitalie Frunze, Sorina Cordos, Adrian Mihai J Med Life Original Article With the exponential growth of COVID-19 cases, the neurological complications reported during or after the infection became more common. There is limited knowledge regarding the pathophysiological mechanisms that are responsible for these complications. Recent data provides compelling evidence for the neurotropic nature of SARS-CoV-2, based on neurological manifestations reported during the current pandemic, as well as on previous experience with other coronaviruses. We present the case of a patient who developed headaches, motor deficit and dysphasia after respiratory COVID-19. Imaging tests showed heterogeneous central nervous system lesions (multiple subarachnoid hemorrhages and two ischemic strokes). Given the plethora of atypical neurological complications of COVID-19 described in the current literature, establishing a positive diagnosis and deciding on a treatment plan proved to be particularly challenging. We set to discuss some of the possible pathologies, hypothesized to be associated with COVID-19, that could lead to concomitant neurological lesions, similar to those noticed in our patient. Carol Davila University Press 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8169143/ /pubmed/34104245 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2021-0045 Text en ©2021 JOURNAL of MEDICINE and LIFE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Vacaras, Vitalie Frunze, Sorina Cordos, Adrian Mihai Neurological complications in COVID-19 – a diagnostic challenge |
title | Neurological complications in COVID-19 – a diagnostic challenge |
title_full | Neurological complications in COVID-19 – a diagnostic challenge |
title_fullStr | Neurological complications in COVID-19 – a diagnostic challenge |
title_full_unstemmed | Neurological complications in COVID-19 – a diagnostic challenge |
title_short | Neurological complications in COVID-19 – a diagnostic challenge |
title_sort | neurological complications in covid-19 – a diagnostic challenge |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8169143/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34104245 http://dx.doi.org/10.25122/jml-2021-0045 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT vacarasvitalie neurologicalcomplicationsincovid19adiagnosticchallenge AT frunzesorina neurologicalcomplicationsincovid19adiagnosticchallenge AT cordosadrianmihai neurologicalcomplicationsincovid19adiagnosticchallenge |