Bilateral lentiform and caudate nucleus lesions in a child with COVID-19: A case report

Neurological complications are frequently mentioned in the published reports regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Especially encephalopathy draws attention as the leading symptom or complication of COVID-19 in some reports. This article discussed a 3-year-old patient with bilateral len...

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Main Authors: Nihal Akçay, Figen Bakırtaş Palabıyık, Esra Şevketoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Biomedical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2319417022000944
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Summary:Neurological complications are frequently mentioned in the published reports regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Especially encephalopathy draws attention as the leading symptom or complication of COVID-19 in some reports. This article discussed a 3-year-old patient with bilateral lentiform and caudate nuclei involvement on brain imaging, who presented with mental status changes and acute muscular weakness, possibly due to COVID-19. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first one showing pathological signal enhancement and edema in bilateral lentiform and caudate nuclei associated with COVID-19.
ISSN:2319-4170