Unusual Brain MRI Pattern in 2 Patients with COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 Dec;41(12):2204-2205. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6817. Epub 2020 Sep 3.

Abstract

We report the cases of 2 patients hospitalized in our intensive care unit with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 infection in whom brain MR imaging showed an unusual DWI pattern with nodular and ring-shaped lesions involving the periventricular and deep white matter. We discuss the possible reasons for these findings and their relationship to the infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain / virology
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • Humans
  • Leukoencephalopathies / diagnostic imaging
  • Leukoencephalopathies / pathology
  • Leukoencephalopathies / virology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuroimaging / methods
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / virology
  • SARS-CoV-2