Acute disseminated encephalitis (ADEM) as the first presentation of COVID-19; a case report.

Autor: Esmaeili S; Firoozgar Clinical Research and Development Center FCRDC, Iran University of Medical Sciences IUMS, Tehran, Iran.; Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical, Tehran, Iran.; Department of Neurology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Abbasi MH; Firoozgar Clinical Research and Development Center FCRDC, Iran University of Medical Sciences IUMS, Tehran, Iran.; Department of Neurology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Joghataei MT; Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical, Tehran, Iran., Mirzaasgari Z; Firoozgar Clinical Research and Development Center FCRDC, Iran University of Medical Sciences IUMS, Tehran, Iran.; Department of Neurology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Emamikhah M; Department of Neurology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Makiani MJ; Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Nazarian H; Firoozgar Clinical Research and Development Center FCRDC, Iran University of Medical Sciences IUMS, Tehran, Iran.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) [Ann Med Surg (Lond)] 2022 Mar 28; Vol. 77, pp. 103511. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 28 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103511
Abstrakt: Introduction: and importance: Neurological ailments are reported during and after SARS-COV-2 infection.
Case Presentation: We report a 67-year-old Iranian man with COVID-19 infection and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) whose neurological symptoms appeared before clinical and radiological pulmonary manifestations.
Clinical Discussion: COVID-19 can cause neurological complication without entering the CNS via para infectious inflammatory mechanisms.
Conclusions: This report shows that ADEM might be among primary presentations of COVID-19.
Competing Interests: The authors deny any conflict of interest in any terms or by any means during the study.
(© 2022 The Authors.)
Databáze: MEDLINE