A case of COVID-19 infection presenting with a seizure following severe brain edema

Seizure. 2020 Aug:80:53-55. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.06.015. Epub 2020 Jun 9.
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Keywords: Brain edema; COVID–19; Cerebral venous thrombosis; Coronavirus; Focal seizure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Azithromycin / therapeutic use
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Brain Edema / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Edema / etiology
  • Brain Infarction / surgery
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy
  • Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Epilepsy / complications
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Intracranial Hemorrhages / surgery
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nephrosis / complications
  • Nephrosis / drug therapy
  • Olfaction Disorders / etiology
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Pregnenediones / therapeutic use
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Seizures / diagnosis*
  • Seizures / drug therapy
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / etiology
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anticoagulants
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Pregnenediones
  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Azithromycin
  • ciclesonide
  • Prednisone