Ischemic stroke associated with aneurysmal lenticulostriate vasculopathy and symmetric reversible basal ganglia lesions in COVID-19

We report the case of a young, healthy man with acute COVID-19 causing minimal systemic symptoms but leading to a highly unusual pattern of bilateral cerebral infarctions, transient symmetric hyperintensity of the basal ganglia on MRI FLAIR sequences, and bilateral aneurysmal lenticulostriate vasculopathy.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - May 8, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Jamie Strause, Kofi-Buaku Atsina, Darren Bialo, Jonathan Orwitz, Ronald L. Wolf, Brett Cucchiara Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research