Neurological Complications of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Encephalopathy, MRI Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings: Case 2

Patricio S Espinosa; Zufe Rizvi; Pamraj Sharma; Fawzi Hindi; Asia Filatov

doi:10.7759/cureus.7930

Neurological Complications of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Encephalopathy, MRI Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid Findings: Case 2

Cureus. 2020 May 2;12(5):e7930. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7930.

Authors

Patricio S Espinosa¹, Zufe Rizvi², Pamraj Sharma², Fawzi Hindi², Asia Filatov²

Affiliations

¹ Neurology, Marcus Neuroscience Institute, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton, USA.
² Neurology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA.

Abstract

The neurological complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are being better understood as the pandemic progresses. We report a second case of a patient who presented with COVID-19 infection and encephalopathy to our institution. In addition, we report MRI brain and cerebrospinal fluid data. COVID-19 does not seem to cross the blood-brain barrier. The exact mechanisms of encephalopathy and pathological response of COVID-19 are unknown.

Keywords: covid 19.

Publication types

Case Reports