Hemorrhagic Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome as a Manifestation of COVID-19 Infection

A M Franceschi; O Ahmed; L Giliberto; M Castillo

doi:10.3174/ajnr.A6595

Hemorrhagic Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome as a Manifestation of COVID-19 Infection

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 Jul;41(7):1173-1176. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6595. Epub 2020 May 21.

Authors

A M Franceschi¹, O Ahmed², L Giliberto³, M Castillo⁴

Affiliations

¹ From the Neuroradiology Section, Department of Radiology (A.M.F.) afranceschi@northwell.edu.
² Department of Radiology (O.A.), Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York.
³ Department of Neurology (L.G.), Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York.
⁴ Neuroradiology Section, Department of Radiology (M.C.), University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Abstract

We describe 2 hospitalized patients with confirmed coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) infection in whom brain imaging showed hemorrhagic posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, and we discuss the possible reasons for these findings and their relationship to the infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Female
Humans
Intracranial Hemorrhages / diagnostic imaging*
Intracranial Hemorrhages / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / etiology
SARS-CoV-2