Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury of Basal Ganglia Associated with the COVID-19 Infection: Case Report

Abstract

There is emerging evidence of a broad spectrum of neurological manifestations in COVID-19 patients. We report a case of a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 who presented bilateral lesions of the basal ganglia related to a severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. This observation allows expanding the neurological spectrum of COVID-19 particularly in patients with a more severe clinical course.

Keywords

• sars-cov-2
• covid-19
• hypoxic-ischemic injury of basal ganglia
• diffusion-weighted image