Critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds in severe

Clinical imaging · Dec 2020

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Critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds in severe COVID-19 infection.

Neurologic complications of COVID-19 infection have been recently described and include dizziness, headache, loss of taste and smell, stroke, and encephalopathy. Brain MRI in these patients have revealed various findings including ischemia, hemorrhage, inflammation, and demyelination. In this article, we report a case of critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds identified on MRI in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection and discuss the potential etiologies of these neuroimaging findings.

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- Nidhi Azad Gupta, Conway Lien, and Michael Iv.
- Radiology Diagnostic Services, Inc., Manteca, CA, United States of America. Electronic address: ngupta@radsinc.com.
- Clin Imaging. 2020 Dec 1; 68: 239-241.
AbstractNeurologic complications of COVID-19 infection have been recently described and include dizziness, headache, loss of taste and smell, stroke, and encephalopathy. Brain MRI in these patients have revealed various findings including ischemia, hemorrhage, inflammation, and demyelination. In this article, we report a case of critical illness-associated cerebral microbleeds identified on MRI in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection and discuss the potential etiologies of these neuroimaging findings.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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