Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury of Basal Ganglia Associated with the COVID-19 Infection: Case Report

There is emerging evidence of a broad spectrum of neurological manifestations in COVID-19 patients. We report a case of a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 who presented bilateral lesions of the basal ganglia related to a severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. This observation allows expanding th...

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Main Author: Cyprian Popescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2021-10-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/518506
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spelling doaj-d5b47fb0901c414c9c601d3ad89455212021-10-07T13:44:28ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Neurology1662-680X2021-10-0113366867110.1159/000518506518506Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury of Basal Ganglia Associated with the COVID-19 Infection: Case ReportCyprian Popescuhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6108-8681There is emerging evidence of a broad spectrum of neurological manifestations in COVID-19 patients. We report a case of a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 who presented bilateral lesions of the basal ganglia related to a severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. This observation allows expanding the neurological spectrum of COVID-19 particularly in patients with a more severe clinical course.https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/518506sars-cov-2covid-19hypoxic-ischemic injury of basal gangliadiffusion-weighted image
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Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury of Basal Ganglia Associated with the COVID-19 Infection: Case Report
Case Reports in Neurology
sars-cov-2
covid-19
hypoxic-ischemic injury of basal ganglia
diffusion-weighted image
author_facet Cyprian Popescu
author_sort Cyprian Popescu
title Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury of Basal Ganglia Associated with the COVID-19 Infection: Case Report
title_short Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury of Basal Ganglia Associated with the COVID-19 Infection: Case Report
title_full Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury of Basal Ganglia Associated with the COVID-19 Infection: Case Report
title_fullStr Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury of Basal Ganglia Associated with the COVID-19 Infection: Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury of Basal Ganglia Associated with the COVID-19 Infection: Case Report
title_sort hypoxic-ischemic injury of basal ganglia associated with the covid-19 infection: case report
publisher Karger Publishers
series Case Reports in Neurology
issn 1662-680X
publishDate 2021-10-01
description There is emerging evidence of a broad spectrum of neurological manifestations in COVID-19 patients. We report a case of a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 who presented bilateral lesions of the basal ganglia related to a severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. This observation allows expanding the neurological spectrum of COVID-19 particularly in patients with a more severe clinical course.
topic sars-cov-2
covid-19
hypoxic-ischemic injury of basal ganglia
diffusion-weighted image
url https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/518506
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