Acute cerebellitis following SARS-CoV-2 infection: A case report and review of the literature

J Med Virol. 2021 Dec;93(12):6818-6821. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27232. Epub 2021 Aug 5.

Abstract

Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first described in Wuhan, China in December 2019, has rapidly spread across the world and become a global public health emergency. Literature on the neurological manifestations of COVID-19 is limited. We report a 24-year-old male, who presented with vertigo, dysarthria, and bradyphrenia 3 weeks after being diagnosed with COVID-19 on nasopharyngeal reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The patient was diagnosed with acute cerebellitis based on magnetic resonance imaging features and showed improvement posttreatment with intravenous methylprednisone for 5 days. The scope of this article is to highlight the importance of early identification of neurological symptoms and timely management as the outcomes may be catastrophic.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cerebellitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Brain Diseases / etiology*
  • Brain Diseases / virology*
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / virology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • SARS-CoV-2 / pathogenicity
  • Young Adult