Neurological Complications of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Encephalopathy

Asia Filatov; Pamraj Sharma; Fawzi Hindi; Patricio S Espinosa

doi:10.7759/cureus.7352

Neurological Complications of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Encephalopathy

Cureus. 2020 Mar 21;12(3):e7352. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7352.

Authors

Asia Filatov¹, Pamraj Sharma¹, Fawzi Hindi¹, Patricio S Espinosa²

Affiliations

¹ Neurology, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA.
² Neurology, Marcus Neuroscience Institute, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton, USA.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic. Neurological complications of COVID-19 have not been reported. Encephalopathy has not been described as a presenting symptom or complication of COVID-19. We report a case of a 74-year-old patient who traveled from Europe to the United States and presented with encephalopathy and COVID-19.

Keywords: covid-19; encephalopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports