[Important and Unresolved Aspects of Neuropathologic Analyses of COVID-19 Individuals]

Brain Nerve. 2020 Oct;72(10):1061-1065. doi: 10.11477/mf.1416201649.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The pathomechanisms of central nervous system disorders associated with COVID-19 remain unsolved. It is therefore imperative to carry out pathologic, virologic, and molecular analyses of the human brain tissue to understand the neurological manifestations of COVID-19. However, autopsy of COVID-19 poses challenges in terms of infection control. In this short review, the neuropathologic findings of individuals with COVID-19 were summerised and a possible autopsy methodologies to investigate these further were proposed.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections* / complications
  • Humans
  • Nervous System Diseases* / etiology
  • Neuropathology
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / complications
  • SARS-CoV-2