Acute disseminated encephalitis (ADEM) as the first presentation of COVID-19; a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

and importance: Neurological ailments are reported during and after SARS-COV-2 infection.

Case presentation

We report a 67-year-old Iranian man with COVID-19 infection and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) whose neurological symptoms appeared before clinical and radiological pulmonary manifestations.

Clinical discussion

COVID-19 can cause neurological complication without entering the CNS via para infectious inflammatory mechanisms.

Conclusions

This report shows that ADEM might be among primary presentations of COVID-19.

SUBMITTER: Esmaeili S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8958253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature