Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Rare Complication in COVID-19

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a broad spectrum of manifestations. Neurological complications are not uncommon in patients with COVID-19. We report the case of a middle-aged man who presented with a cough and fever. He had a decreased oxygen saturation and required supplementary oxygen...

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Autores principales: Alnass, Anwar J, Alamer, Rahaf A, Alamri, Hend H, Alharthi, Azzah A, Assad, Majd A, Al Sedran, Mohammed K, Bu-Izran, Dunya A, Mirza, Bayan F, Almalki, Amwaj A, Alshammari, Malak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8557859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34733597
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18426
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author Alnass, Anwar J
Alamer, Rahaf A
Alamri, Hend H
Alharthi, Azzah A
Assad, Majd A
Al Sedran, Mohammed K
Bu-Izran, Dunya A
Mirza, Bayan F
Almalki, Amwaj A
Alshammari, Malak
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Alamer, Rahaf A
Alamri, Hend H
Alharthi, Azzah A
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Mirza, Bayan F
Almalki, Amwaj A
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description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a broad spectrum of manifestations. Neurological complications are not uncommon in patients with COVID-19. We report the case of a middle-aged man who presented with a cough and fever. He had a decreased oxygen saturation and required supplementary oxygen therapy. During his stay, he developed an unexplained seizure. Computed tomography of the brain revealed vasogenic edema located posteriorly. Subsequently, magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated subcortical white-matter hyperdensities, in keeping with the diagnosis of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, an exceedingly rare manifestation in COVID-19. This condition should be kept in mind when encountering unexplained neurological manifestations that developed in patients with COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-85578592021-11-02 Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Rare Complication in COVID-19 Alnass, Anwar J Alamer, Rahaf A Alamri, Hend H Alharthi, Azzah A Assad, Majd A Al Sedran, Mohammed K Bu-Izran, Dunya A Mirza, Bayan F Almalki, Amwaj A Alshammari, Malak Cureus Emergency Medicine The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a broad spectrum of manifestations. Neurological complications are not uncommon in patients with COVID-19. We report the case of a middle-aged man who presented with a cough and fever. He had a decreased oxygen saturation and required supplementary oxygen therapy. During his stay, he developed an unexplained seizure. Computed tomography of the brain revealed vasogenic edema located posteriorly. Subsequently, magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated subcortical white-matter hyperdensities, in keeping with the diagnosis of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, an exceedingly rare manifestation in COVID-19. This condition should be kept in mind when encountering unexplained neurological manifestations that developed in patients with COVID-19. Cureus 2021-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8557859/ /pubmed/34733597 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18426 Text en Copyright © 2021, Alnass et al. https://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.
spellingShingle Emergency Medicine
Alnass, Anwar J
Alamer, Rahaf A
Alamri, Hend H
Alharthi, Azzah A
Assad, Majd A
Al Sedran, Mohammed K
Bu-Izran, Dunya A
Mirza, Bayan F
Almalki, Amwaj A
Alshammari, Malak
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Rare Complication in COVID-19
title Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Rare Complication in COVID-19
title_full Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Rare Complication in COVID-19
title_fullStr Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Rare Complication in COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Rare Complication in COVID-19
title_short Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Rare Complication in COVID-19
title_sort posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a rare complication in covid-19
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8557859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34733597
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18426
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