Catatonic syndrome as the presentation of encephalitis in association with COVID-19

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COVID-19 has shown different neurological manifestations even sometimes there are the initial or the main presentation.The following case report is about a middle-aged woman who, over 3 days, developed fever, clinical neurological alterations (stupor, muteness, fixed gaze and catatonia), cerebrospinal fluid (16 lymphocytes) and an electroencephalogram (EEG) (4-6 Hz generalised activity) with characteristics of encephalitis. A serum IgG, IgM, nasopharyngeal swab PCR for SARS-CoV-2. The patient responded positively to support measures, symptomatic and corticosteroid treatment. At discharge, the patient was independent and improved considerably.We report the presence of catatonia as a possible and atypical manifestation of encephalitis in association with COVID-19.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

BMJ case reports - 14(2021), 6 vom: 04. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vazquez-Guevara, Damaris [VerfasserIn]
Badial-Ochoa, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Caceres-Rajo, Karen M [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Leyva, Ildefonso [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
Case Reports
Infection (neurology)
Infectious diseases
Journal Article
Neurology

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Date Completed 08.06.2021

Date Revised 19.06.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bcr-2020-240550

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NLM326369333