Acute necrotizing encephalitis caused by respiratory coronavirus-NL63: a case report

ABSTRACT

Coronavirus-NL63 is a common respiratory virus, which often causes severe respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, expectoration, pneumonia and so on. The damage of central nervous system is rare. A case of acute necrotizing encephalitis caused by respiratory coronavirus-NL63 infection with cognitive impairment as the first symptom is reported, finding of CT/magnetic resonance imaging scanning indicating necrosis combined with a striated encephalomalacia of the corpus callosum and bilateral cerebral hemispheres.