Neurological Manifestations In COVID-19 Patients: An Imaging Review
Journal International Medical Sciences Academy
; 35(2):131-139, 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2236606
ABSTRACT
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic that started in late 2019, has posed a great health challenge to India rapidly elevating our country to the second most affected nation after the United States. While the respiratory manifestations of COVID-19 are widely-known, there is paucity of information on its neurological manifestations in Indian literature. The imaging features of the diverse neurological presentations such as stroke, encephalitis, demyelination, hemorrhages and vascular involvement are reviewed in this article. Objective of the review is to discuss the spectrum of neuroimaging features in COVID-19. Method(s) Multiple publications from systematic and cohort studies on neuroimaging are reviewed in this article. Due permission was obtained from the publishers to reproduce the illustrations because of lack of adequate neuroimaging data in our country. Result(s) Ischemic infarcts, micro-hemorrhages, parenchymal hematomas and white matter changes, both diffuse and focal were the most common manifestations. Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalitis, features resembling posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM), arterial dissections, dural sinus and deep venous thrombosis were reported. Olfactory bulb and white matter signal ratios were elevated in anosmic patients. Micro-structural changes such as remyelination and neurogenesis indicated processes of repair. Conclusion(s) Ischemic and hemorrhagic lesions are the most common neuroimaging abnormalities in COVID-19 patients, though 40% of the studies are normal. Awareness of the imaging features is essential for management of these patients in the current pandemic. Severity of illness and risk of spread of infection are major constraints for neuroimaging. Copyright © 2022 International Medical Sciences Academy. All rights reserved.
covid-19; Neuroimaging; Neurological manifestations; acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy; adult; artery dissection; awareness; cohort analysis; coronavirus disease 2019; cranial sinus; deep vein thrombosis; female; hematoma; human; infarction; male; nervous system development; neurologic disease; olfactory bulb; pandemic; posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; remyelinization; review; white matter
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Collection:
Databases of international organizations
Database:
EMBASE
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal International Medical Sciences Academy
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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