COVID-19–associated Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Encephalopathy: CT and MRI Features

By Neo Poyiadji, Gassan Shahin, D. Noujaim, Michael Stone, Suresh Patel, B. Griffith. Radiology, 2020

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Since its introduction to the human population in December 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread across the world with over 330,000 reported cases in 190 countries (1). While patients typically present with fever, shortness of breath, and cough, neurologic manifestations have been reported, although to a much lesser extent (2). We report the first presumptive case of COVID-19–associated acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy, a rare encephalopathy that has been associated with other viral infections but has yet to be demonstrated as a result of COVID-19 infection.

Subfields: Infectious Diseases, Neurology

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