COVID-19: AN EMERGING CAUSE OF ACUTE CEREBELITIS IN ADULTS?
The COVID-19 pandemic showed that SARS-CoV-2 is a neurotropic virus. Its biological cycle together with the host’s immune response can cause numerous neurological manifestations. Headache and anosmia are common, but there have been reports of severe central and peripheral nervous system involvement, including acute cerebellitis. The authors describe the case of a young woman who presented a cerebellar syndrome in the recovery phase of the new coronavirus infection. The cerebrospinal fluid was altered, the neuroimaging was normal, as in most previously known postinfectious cerebellitis. She was treated with oral corticosteroids and the outcome was benign. The underlying mechanism is likely to be immune-mediated inflammation, possibly self-limited in most patients.
COVID-19: AN EMERGING CAUSE OF ACUTE CEREBELITIS IN ADULTS?
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592120107
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Palavras-chave: COVID-19, Pandemics, Acute cerebellitis, Ataxia.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemics; Acute cerebellitis; Ataxia
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Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic showed that SARS-CoV-2 is a neurotropic virus. Its biological cycle together with the host's immune response can cause numerous neurological manifestations. Headache and anosmia are common, but there have been reports of severe central and peripheral nervous system involvement, including acute cerebellitis. The authors describe the case of a young woman who presented a cerebellar syndrome in the recovery phase of the new coronavirus infection. The cerebrospinal fluid was altered, the neuroimaging was normal, as in most previously known post-infectious cerebellitis. She was treated with oral corticosteroids and the outcome was benign. The underlying mechanism is likely to be immune-mediated inflammation, possibly self-limited in most patients.
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Número de páginas: 8
- Felipe Luan Lima da Silva
- Adriane Cristina Vieira dos Santos
- João Ferreira da Silva
- Renata Maria de Carvalho Cremaschi
- Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho
- MARCOS MANOEL HONORATO
