Covid-19 associated acute encephalopathy features on computed tomography: A case report

More than 83,000,000 individuals have encountered Covid-19 disease, caused by novel severe acute respiratory syndrome - Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Besides systemic and respiratory symptoms, neurologic involvement has begun to be discussed recently. As severe involvement, only a few meningoencephali...

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Main Authors: Hediye Pınar Günbey, Ayla Turkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Surgery and Medicine 2021-01-01
Series:Journal of Surgery and Medicine
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/josam/issue/59430/771230
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Summary:More than 83,000,000 individuals have encountered Covid-19 disease, caused by novel severe acute respiratory syndrome - Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Besides systemic and respiratory symptoms, neurologic involvement has begun to be discussed recently. As severe involvement, only a few meningoencephalitis and encephalopathy cases were reported in the literature. We herein present a 65-year-old male Covid-19 patient with signs of hemorrhagic encephalopathy, along with literature review.
ISSN:2602-2079