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http://dx.doi.org/10.14253/acn.2022.24.2.101

Post-infectious basal ganglia encephalitis and axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome after COVID-19 infection: an atypical case report  

Yang, Jiwon (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine)
Shin, Dong-Jin (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine)
Park, Hyeon-Mi (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine)
Lee, Yeong-Bae (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine)
Sung, Young-Hee (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine)
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Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology / v.24, no.2, 2022 , pp. 101-106 More about this Journal
Abstract
Neurological complications attributed to coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infection have been reported including acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and so on. Herein, we report a 49-year-old woman presented with acute encephalopathy and paraplegia simultaneously after COVID-19 infection. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed symmetric hyperintense basal ganglia lesions on T2-weighted imaging. Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, motor axonal neuropathy and enhancement of conus medullaris nerve roots on spine MRI were observed. We treated her with high-dose corticosteroid and intravenous immunoglobulin.
Keywords
COVID-19; Encephalitis; Guillain-Barre syndrome;
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