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

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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… Click to show full 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.

Keywords: acute disseminated; covid; report; presentation; case

Journal Title: Annals of Medicine and Surgery
Year Published: 2022

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