Abstract

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.

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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)EncephalopathyMagnetic resonance imagingBetacoronavirusPathologyVirologyRadiologyInternal medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)

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BetacoronavirusBrainCOVID-19Coronavirus InfectionsFemaleHumansLeukoencephalitisAcute HemorrhagicMagnetic Resonance ImagingMiddle AgedPandemicsPneumoniaViralSARS-CoV-2TomographyX-Ray Computed

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Year
2020
Type
article
Volume
296
Issue
2
Pages
E119-E120
Citations
1507
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Neo Poyiadji, Gassan Shahin, Daniel L. Noujaim et al. (2020). COVID-19–associated Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Encephalopathy: Imaging Features. Radiology , 296 (2) , E119-E120. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2020201187

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10.1148/radiol.2020201187
PMID
32228363
PMCID
PMC7233386

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