Extensive cerebellar involvement and cognitive impairment in COVID-19-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy. (February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ciolac, Dumitru; Crivorucica, Igor; Zota, Eremei; Gorincioi, Nadejda; Efremova, Daniela; Manea, Diana; Crivorucica, Veaceslav; Ciocanu, Mihail; Groppa, Stanislav A.
• Is Part Of: Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders. Volume 14(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-02
• Subjects: acute necrotizing encephalopathy -- cerebellum -- COVID-19 -- SARS-CoV-2; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Degeneration -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Nervous System Diseases -- therapy -- Periodicals; Neurodegenerative Diseases -- Periodicals; Système nerveux -- Maladies -- Périodiques; Système nerveux -- Dégénérescence -- Périodiques; Système nerveux; Système nerveux -- Maladies -- Traitement -- Périodiques; 616.805
• DOI: 10.1177/1756286420985175
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-2856

Abstract

Neurological complications of the newly appeared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are increasingly recognized. Here, we report a case of a young male presenting with a clinical and neuroimaging scenario of an acute necrotizing encephalopathy related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This case is notable by its distinct pattern of magnetic resonance imaging findings of an extensive involvement of the cerebellum, and emergence of cognitive and behavioral impairment.