CASE REPORT: ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS IN COVID-19: RARE BUT DANGEROUS COMPLICATION

Ngoc Anh Doi, Thanh Bang Pham, Thuy Hau Nguyen, Van Bac Tran, Cong Trang Dinh, Trung Cap Nguyen, Ngoc Thach Pham

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2), is a challenging concern for physicians due to its variable presentation. Now, after more than 2 years of extremely complicated pandemic developments, a deeper understanding of the virus is still a concern and a challenge for clinicians due to the diverse manifestations of organ damage caused by SARS CoV2. Covid-19 is a respiratory disease with manifestations ranging from mild in the upper respiratory tract to progressive pneumonia such as ARDS and lung failure. In addition, this new virus strain has also been recorded to cause severe damage to the metabolic syndrome, acute kidney injury, thrombotic events, cardiovascular and neurological syndromes including acute cerebrovascular disease and encephalopathy. Neurological manifestations can be mild with headache, dizziness or more serious encephalitis, meningitis and cerebral stroke. However, in the world, there are still quite a few reports of acute encephalitis in Covid 19. Therefore, we would like to describe a typical case of acute encephalitis caused by SARS CoV2.

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