Bilateral Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage in a Patient with Confirmed COVID-19
Daci, Rrita ; Kennelly, Megan ; Ferris, Annie ; Azeem, Muhammad U. ; Johnson, Mark D. ; Hamzei-Sichani, Farid ; Jun-O'Connell, Adalia H. ; Natarajan, Sabareesh K.
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Bilateral basal ganglia hemorrhage is exceedingly rare. To our knowledge, our patient is the first reported case of a confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient who had bilateral basal ganglia hemorrhage. In the absence of other risk factors for bilateral deep cerebral involvement, we suspect that COVID-19 may be contributing to these rare pathologies. Most published data represent a correlation between COVID-19 and neurologic complications, and more research is still needed to prove causation.
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Daci R, Kennelly M, Ferris A, Azeem MU, Johnson MD, Hamzei-Sichani F, Jun-O'Connell AH, Natarajan SK. Bilateral Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage in a Patient with Confirmed COVID-19. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 Aug 20. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6712. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32819902. Link to article on publisher's site