Unusual Involvement of Basal Ganglia and Dentate Nucleus in Children with Acute Encephalopathy with COVID-19.
Indian J Pediatr
; 89(11): 1110-1112, 2022 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1864490
ABSTRACT
Children account for 1% to 5% of diagnosed COVID-19 infection with relatively mild presentation compared to adults. The frequency of neurological involvement in acute COVID-19 infection in children is unclear. COVID-19 is also considered to be a neurotropic virus, but so far, in the pediatric age group, very few cases with involvement of basal ganglia and no case of dentate nucleus involvement have been reported in the literature. The present paper reports two cases of acute encephalopathy with COVID-19, the first case with basal ganglia involvement and the second with dentate nucleus involvement. Both cases required aggressive management and had complete neurological recovery on follow-up. Hence, these cases are reported to make everyone aware of the neurological presentation with atypical neuroimaging finding of acute COVID-19 infection in the pediatric age group; timely management improves the outcome.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Brain Diseases
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Cohort study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12098-022-04253-6
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