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Neurocovid spectrum

Introdução e objetivo(s)

The disease caused by the coronavirus infection (COVID-19) became widespread into a pandemic in 2020.
The involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) secondary
to its infection has been well recognized with a wide range of manifestations, fundamentally associated with an immune hyper-response with a cytokine cascade and prothrombotic state. In the current presentation we aim to describe different radiological findings in CNS in patients with COVID-19

Método(s)

In this instance, we present a pictorial essay of different neuroradiological manifestations of patients with demonstrated involvement by COVID-19, who were studied mainly by magnetic resonance (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) at a tertiary hospital between 2020 and 2023.

Discussão

A broad spectrum of findings has been found, including vascular complications, leukoencephalopathies, microbleeds, acute hemorrhagic necrotizing encephalopathy, involvement of the olfactory bulbs, posterior
reversible encephalopathy syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum, acute myelopathy, and Bickerstaff encephalitis, showing a variant and vast compromise with an unknown clear pathway of damage for all cases.

Conclusões

The spectrum of manifestations in the central nervous system in patients with COVID-19 has a wide range of manifestations and is not uncommon. Many of them have been reviewed in this article accounting for our experience in a tertiary center in Latin America.
Healthcare professionals should recognize and get acquainted with COVID-19 CNS complications, considering future viral threats.

Palavras Chave

COVID-19; Brain MRI; Neuroradiology.

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