Cited by 174Long-Term Effects of COVID-19Infectious Encephalopathies and EncephalitisCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

COVID‐19‐related encephalopathy: a case series with brain FDG‐positron‐emission tomography/computed tomography findings

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Delorme, C., Paccoud, O., Kas, A., Hesters, A., Bombois, S., Shambrook, P., Boullet, A., Doukhi, D. +10 more·2020·European Journal of Neurology

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Aim: The aim of this paper is to describe the clinical features of COVID‐19‐related encephalopathy and their metabolic correlates using brain 2‐desoxy‐2‐fluoro‐D‐glucose (FDG)‐positron‐emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging. Background and purpose: A variety of neurological manifestations have been reported in association with COVID‐19. COVID‐19‐related encephalopathy has seldom been reported and studied. Methods: We report four cases of COVID‐19‐related encephalopathy. The diagnosis was made in patients with confirmed COVID‐19 who presented with new‐onset cognitive disturbances, central focal neurological signs, or seizures. All patients underwent cognitive screening, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), lumbar puncture, and brain 2‐desoxy‐2‐fluoro‐D‐glucose (FDG)‐positron‐emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) (FDG‐PET/CT). Results: The four patients were aged 60 years or older, and presented with various degrees of cognitive impairment, with predominant frontal lobe impairment. Two patients presented with cerebellar syndrome, one patient had myoclonus, one had psychiatric manifestations, and one had status epilepticus. The delay between first COVID‐19 symptoms and onset of neurological symptoms was between 0 and 12 days. None of the patients had MRI features of encephalitis nor significant cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) abnormalities. SARS‐CoV‐2 RT‐PCR in the CSF was negative for all patients. All patients presented with a consistent brain FDG‐PET/CT pattern of abnormalities, namely frontal hypometabolism and cerebellar hypermetabolism. All patients improved after immunotherapy. Conclusions: Despite varied clinical presentations, all patients presented with a consistent FDG‐PET pattern, which may reflect an immune mechanism.

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Delorme, C., Paccoud, O., Kas, A., Hesters, A., Bombois, S., Shambrook, P., Boullet, A., Doukhi, D., Le Guennec, L., Godefroy, N., Maatoug, R., Fossati, P., Millet, B., Navarro, V., Bruneteau, G., Demeret, S., Pourcher, V., & the CoCo‐Neurosciences study group and COVID SMIT PSL study group
Affiliations
  • Sorbonne Université (FR)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Department of Neurology Sorbonne University Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP‐HP) University Hospitals ‐ Pitié‐Salpêtrière Charles Foix Paris France
Corresponding author
Pourcher, V.
Venue
European Journal of Neurology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2020-09-22
Volume
27
Issue
12
Pages
2651-2657
ISSN
  • 1351-5101 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-1331
OpenAlex
W3049257232
Cited by
173
References
17
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 65 · 2020: 10
FWCI
15.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Journal of Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2, FDG PET/CT, brain hypometabolism, frontal lobe hypometabolism, cerebellar hypermetabolism, cognitive impairment, cerebellar syndrome, myoclonus, status epilepticus, immunotherapy, neurological manifestations of COVID-19
MeSH terms
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography, COVID-19, Aged, Mental Disorders, Brain Diseases, Cerebellar Diseases, Cognition Disorders, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Immunotherapy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Myoclonus, Neuropsychological Tests, Status Epilepticus, Treatment Outcome, Radiopharmaceuticals, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

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