Long COVID: cognitive complaints (brain fog) and dysfunction of the cingulate cortex

Many patients who have suffered from acute COVID infections have long-lasting symptoms affecting several organs including the brain. This long COVID status can include “brain fog” and cognitive deficits that can disturb activities of daily living and can delay complete recovery. Here, we report two...

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Autores principales: Hugon, Jacques, Msika, Eva-Flore, Queneau, Mathieu, Farid, Karim, Paquet, Claire
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8211714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34143277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-021-10655-x
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Sumario:Many patients who have suffered from acute COVID infections have long-lasting symptoms affecting several organs including the brain. This long COVID status can include “brain fog” and cognitive deficits that can disturb activities of daily living and can delay complete recovery. Here, we report two cases of neurological long COVID with abnormal FDG PET findings marked by hypometabolic regions of the cingulate cortex.

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