Cerebral nervous system vasculitis in a Covid-19 patient with pneumonia

J Clin Neurosci. 2020 Sep:79:71-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.07.032. Epub 2020 Jul 17.

Abstract

We describe a patient affected by Covid-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome with a cerebral nervous system vasculitis triggered by SARS-Cov-2, managed at the University hospital, in Novara, Italy in the area most impacted by the pandemic and where 749 Covid-19 positive patients were admitted from March 1st until April 25th, 2020.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cerebral vasculitis; SARS-Cov-2.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / diagnostic imaging
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / etiology*