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Mild Encephalitis with Reversible Splenial Lesion Associated with COVID-19

COVID-19 İlişkili Reversibl Splenial Lezyonlu Hafif Ensefalit

Pages
327–329
Publication Date
2022-11-06
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In this case report, the key clinical and radiological features of MERS were highlighted in an adult patient presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, and unconsciousness and admitted to the neurology clinic due to diffusion restriction in the SCC splenium.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging pandemic disease with high morbidity and mortality.
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Key Findings & Data:The area primarily affected in COVID-19 is the pulmonary system, where the most destructive effect occurs.
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Conclusion & Impact:In this case report, the key clinical and radiological features of MERS were highlighted in an adult patient presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, and unconsciousness and admitted to the neurology clinic due to diffusion restriction in the SCC splenium.
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Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging pandemic disease with high morbidity and mortality. The area primarily affected in COVID-19 is the pulmonary system, where the most destructive effect occurs. Symptoms range from asymptomatic illness to mild-to-moderate (mild pneumonia), severe (dyspnea, hypoxia), and critical illness symptoms (acute respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory failure, shock, or multiorgan system dysfunction) in patients with COVID-19. Neurological manifestations, such as acute ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, conscious disturbance, febrile seizures, convulsions, mental status change, and encephalitis are observed in severe patients. Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial (MERS) lesions is a clinicoradiological diagnosis that is associated with a prominent reversible lesion in the corpus callosum (SCC) splenium, infectious agent, and mild encephalopathy. In this case report, the key clinical and radiological features of MERS were highlighted in an adult patient presented to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, and unconsciousness and admitted to the neurology clinic due to diffusion restriction in the SCC splenium.

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Koronavirüs hastalığı-2019 (COVID-19), yüksek morbidite ve mortalite ile ortaya çıkan pandemik bir hastalıktır. COVID-19’da öncelikle etkilenen alan pulmoner sistem olup en yıkıcı etki de burada ortaya çıkar. Enfekte hastalarda asemptomatik hastalıktan hafif ve orta dereceli semptomlara (hafif pnömoni), şiddetli semptomlara (dispne, hipoksi) ve kritik hastalık semptomlarına (akut solunum sıkıntısı sendromu, solunum yetmezliği, şok veya multiorgan sistem disfonksiyonu) kadar çeşitli semptomlarla ortaya çıkar. Nörolojik belirtilerde, özellikle şiddetli hastalarda, akut iskemik inme, intraserebral kanama, serebral venöz sinüs trombozu, bilinç bozukluğu, ateşli nöbetler, konvülsiyonlar, mental durum değişikliği ve ensefalit görülebilir. Reversibl splenial lezyonlu hafif ensefalit/ ensefalopati (MERS) klinik ve radyolojik bir tanı olup korpus kallosum spleniumda reversibl belirgin bir lezyon, enfeksiyöz bir ajan ve hafif ensefalopati ile ilişkilidir. Bu olgu sunumunda, acil servise bulantı kusma ve bilinç bozukluğu ile başvuran korpus kallozum spleniumda difüzyon kısıtlaması nedeniyle nöroloji kliniğine kabul edilen erişkin bir hastada MERS’nin ana klinik ve radyolojik özelliklerini vurguladık.

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DEMİR, E., ARLI, B. (2022). Mild Encephalitis with Reversible Splenial Lesion Associated with COVID-19. Türk Nöroloji Dergisi, Cilt: 27 - Sayı: 3, 327–329. https://ajindex.com/articles/636621

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