Pediatric Parainfectious Encephalitis Associated With COVID-19

Neurology. 2021 Mar 16;96(11):541-544. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011476. Epub 2021 Jan 4.

Authors

Maria Gaughan¹, Sean Connolly², Sean O'Riordan², Niall Tubridy², Chris McGuigan², Justin A Kinsella²

Affiliations

¹ From the Neurology Department (M.G., S.O, N.T., C.M., J.A.K.), St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4; and Clinical Neurophysiology Department (S.C.), St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4. pansophelia@gmail.com.
² From the Neurology Department (M.G., S.O, N.T., C.M., J.A.K.), St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4; and Clinical Neurophysiology Department (S.C.), St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4.

PMID: 33397771
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011476

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Akinetic Mutism / etiology
Akinetic Mutism / physiopathology*
Anorexia / etiology
Anorexia / physiopathology
Autoantibodies / cerebrospinal fluid
Autoantibodies / immunology
Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Brain / physiopathology
COVID-19 / complications
COVID-19 / physiopathology*
Electroencephalography
Encephalitis / etiology
Encephalitis / immunology
Encephalitis / physiopathology*
Encephalitis / therapy
Fecal Incontinence / etiology
Fecal Incontinence / physiopathology
Female
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Hallucinations / etiology
Hallucinations / physiopathology*
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Muscle Rigidity / etiology
Muscle Rigidity / physiopathology
Paranoid Disorders / etiology
Paranoid Disorders / physiopathology*
Recovery of Function
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / etiology
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / physiopathology
Tremor / etiology
Tremor / physiopathology
Urinary Incontinence / etiology
Urinary Incontinence / physiopathology

Substances

Autoantibodies
Glucocorticoids
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Immunologic Factors
Methylprednisolone