COVID-19 related acute necrotizing encephalopathy and acute myocarditis in an adult female: a novel case report of brain injury and myocarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) and myocarditis are both acute, life-threatening conditions that can be triggered by COVID-19. We report a case of sequential ANE and myocarditis following a COVID-19 infection.

Case presentation

A 27-year-old female patient was brought to the emergency department due to episodes of fever for two days and a 9-h altered state of consciousness. Her condition rapidly developed into stuporous and hemodynamic instability within serval hours. Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was rapidly initiated with other supportive treatments. The following-up MRI showed bilateral, symmetrically distributed lesions in the brainstem, bilateral hippocampal regions, and bilateral basal ganglia, consistent with ANE. The diagn

SUBMITTER: Xu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11302840 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature