A Unique Case of COVID-19 Presenting as Focal Seizures With Impaired Awareness

Rupam Sharma; Samantha Ratnayake; Hobart Lai; Shikha Mishra; Arash Heidari

doi:10.1177/23247096231208771

A Unique Case of COVID-19 Presenting as Focal Seizures With Impaired Awareness

J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2023 Jan-Dec:11:23247096231208771. doi: 10.1177/23247096231208771.

Authors

Rupam Sharma^{1

2}, Samantha Ratnayake^{1

2}, Hobart Lai^{1

2}, Shikha Mishra^{1

2}, Arash Heidari^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA, USA.
² David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has very rapidly become a global pandemic with millions of confirmed cases worldwide. In early 2021, viral encephalitis was the first neurological complication associated with COVID-19 and since then rise in cases has been reported with this association. A review highlighting 3 potential mechanisms linking a correlation between seizures and COVID-19 was previously reported. Herein described is a unique case of SARS-CoV2 infection that presented with focal seizure with impaired awareness.

Keywords: COVID-19 complications; SARS-CoV-2; electroencephalography; seizures/etiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / complications
Encephalitis, Viral* / diagnosis
Humans
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
Seizures / etiology

Substances

RNA, Viral