Neurovascular and perfusion imaging findings in coronavirus disease 2019: Case report and literature review. Issue 5 (October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Soldatelli, Matheus Dorigatti; Amaral, Lázaro Faria do; Veiga, Viviane Cordeiro; Rojas, Salomón Soriano Ordinola; Omar, Samir; Marussi, Victor Hugo Rocha
• Is Part Of: Neuroradiology journal. Volume 33:Issue 5(2020:Oct.)
• Page Start: 368
• Page End: 373
• Publication Date: 2020-10
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- arterial spin labelling (ASL) -- neurointensivism -- neuroradiology -- neurovascular -- cerebral blood flow (CBF); Nervous system -- Radiography -- Periodicals; Neuroradiography -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.804757
• DOI: 10.1177/1971400920941652
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1971-4009

Abstract

Central nervous system involvement in severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has increasingly been recognised in the literature, and possible mechanisms of neuroinvasion, neurotropism and neurovirulence have been described. Neurological signs have been described in 84% of COVID-19 intensive care unit patients, and haemostatic abnormalities in such patients may play an important role, with a broad spectrum of neuroimaging findings. This report describes the magnetic resonance imaging neurovascular findings in an acutely ill patient with COVID-19, including perfusion abnormalities depicted in the arterial spin labelling technique.