COVID-19-related acute necrotizing encephalopathy with brain stem involvement in a patient with aplastic anemia

Conclusions COVID-19 may be associated with an acute severe encephalopathy and, in this case, was considered most likely to represent an immune-mediated phenomenon. As the pandemic continues, we anticipate that the spectrum of neurologic presentation will broaden. It will be important to delineate the full clinical range of emergent COVID-19-related neurologic disease.
Source: Neurology Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: MRI, Encephalitis, Viral infections, COVID-19 Article Source Type: research