Long-term neuroimaging follow-up of COVID-19-related leukoencephalopathy

Abstract More than a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term neurological manifestations of COVID-19 are increasingly being reported. The long-term sequelae of COVID-19-related leukoencephalopathy, however, remain unclear. Here, we present long-term neuroimaging follow-up in two cases of COVID-19-related leukoencephalopathy. The two cases demonstrate the utility of brain MRI for evaluating neurologic symptoms in critically ill patients with COVID-19, for diagnosis of underlying neural injury and prognostication of future recovery. The presence of leukoencephalopathy may result in chronic neurologic manifestations and may represent a poor prognosticator of neurologic recovery. The presence of leukoencephalomalacia on follow-up neuroimaging is potentially an indicator of irreversible white matter damage, which may be associated with more severe chronic deficits..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Neuroradiology - 63(2021), 12 vom: 18. Okt., Seite 2153-2156

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lang, Min [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Yuh-Shin [VerfasserIn]
Mehan, William A. [VerfasserIn]
Rincon, Sandra P. [VerfasserIn]
Buch, Karen [VerfasserIn]

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44.90$jNeurologie

44.64$jRadiologie

Themen:

COVID-19
Chronic
Leukoencephalopathy
MRI
Neuroimaging

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RVK Klassifikation

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021

doi:

10.1007/s00234-021-02829-1

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OLC2128431573