Does COVID-19 Cause Hemorrhagic Encephalitis? A Case Report
SARS-CoV-2 causes an inflammatory disease characterized by symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, and myalgia, along with leukopenia, lymphopenia, elevated serum aspartate aminotransferase levels, and abnormal chest computed tomography findings. It may also lead to respiratory distress...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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| author | Marzieh Abutorabi Zarchi Roghayeh Razavi Nasim Namiranian |
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SARS-CoV-2 causes an inflammatory disease characterized by symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, and myalgia, along with leukopenia, lymphopenia, elevated serum aspartate aminotransferase levels, and abnormal chest computed tomography findings. It may also lead to respiratory distress, unilateral complications, and secondary infections. COVID-19 infection can result in severe neurological complications, including viral encephalitis, cerebrovascular disorders, acute diffuse encephalomyelitis, and acute necrotizing encephalopathy. Here, we report a case of hemorrhagic encephalitis due to SARS-CoV-2 in a 27-year-old patient with a history of type 1 diabetes.
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f43b65f280748b1a64f60fa4b3a64ee2025-08-20T01:51:13ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesCase Reports in Clinical Practice2538-26832538-26912025-04-019510.18502/crcp.v9i5.18456Does COVID-19 Cause Hemorrhagic Encephalitis? A Case ReportMarzieh Abutorabi Zarchi0Roghayeh Razavi1Nasim Namiranian2Department of Neurology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. SARS-CoV-2 causes an inflammatory disease characterized by symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, and myalgia, along with leukopenia, lymphopenia, elevated serum aspartate aminotransferase levels, and abnormal chest computed tomography findings. It may also lead to respiratory distress, unilateral complications, and secondary infections. COVID-19 infection can result in severe neurological complications, including viral encephalitis, cerebrovascular disorders, acute diffuse encephalomyelitis, and acute necrotizing encephalopathy. Here, we report a case of hemorrhagic encephalitis due to SARS-CoV-2 in a 27-year-old patient with a history of type 1 diabetes. https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/1019COVID-19BrainEncephalitisSARS-COV-2 |
| spellingShingle | Marzieh Abutorabi Zarchi Roghayeh Razavi Nasim Namiranian Does COVID-19 Cause Hemorrhagic Encephalitis? A Case Report Case Reports in Clinical Practice COVID-19 Brain Encephalitis SARS-COV-2 |
| title | Does COVID-19 Cause Hemorrhagic Encephalitis? A Case Report |
| title_full | Does COVID-19 Cause Hemorrhagic Encephalitis? A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Does COVID-19 Cause Hemorrhagic Encephalitis? A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does COVID-19 Cause Hemorrhagic Encephalitis? A Case Report |
| title_short | Does COVID-19 Cause Hemorrhagic Encephalitis? A Case Report |
| title_sort | does covid 19 cause hemorrhagic encephalitis a case report |
| topic | COVID-19 Brain Encephalitis SARS-COV-2 |
| url | https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/1019 |
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