TY - JOUR
T1 - Encefalitis asociada a COVID-19 en una niña de 13 años
T2 - reporte de caso
AU - Conto-Palomino, Nadin Melina
AU - Cabrera-Bueno, María Luz
AU - Vargas-Ponce, Kenneth Grenis
AU - Rondón-Abuhadba, Evelina Andrea
AU - Atamari-Anahui, Noé
PY - 2020/8/3
Y1 - 2020/8/3
N2 - There are limited reports of neurological symptoms in the pediatric population with COVID-19. We report a 13-year-old girl with three days of illness characterized by headache, non-explosive vomiting, fever, and sudden-onset sensory disorder associated with difficulty in standing and hemiparesis in limbs without evidence of meningeal signs. Brain tomography revealed diffuse brain edema, and the cerebrospinal fluid study was consistent with a viral infection. COVID-19 was diagnosed based on serology. The patient had an untoward clinical course despite treatment with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and corticosteroids, dying on the third day of hospitalization. Encephalitis in a patient with COVID-19 is not frequently reported in the pediatric population. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients who arrives at the emergency with a sensory disorder or neurological symptomatology in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - There are limited reports of neurological symptoms in the pediatric population with COVID-19. We report a 13-year-old girl with three days of illness characterized by headache, non-explosive vomiting, fever, and sudden-onset sensory disorder associated with difficulty in standing and hemiparesis in limbs without evidence of meningeal signs. Brain tomography revealed diffuse brain edema, and the cerebrospinal fluid study was consistent with a viral infection. COVID-19 was diagnosed based on serology. The patient had an untoward clinical course despite treatment with hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and corticosteroids, dying on the third day of hospitalization. Encephalitis in a patient with COVID-19 is not frequently reported in the pediatric population. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients who arrives at the emergency with a sensory disorder or neurological symptomatology in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - child
KW - coronavirus infections
KW - COVID-19
KW - pediatrics
KW - perú
KW - encephalitis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089555898&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5867/medwave.2020.07.7984
DO - 10.5867/medwave.2020.07.7984
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 32804920
AN - SCOPUS:85089555898
VL - 20
SP - e7984
JO - Medwave
JF - Medwave
SN - 0717-6384
IS - 7
ER -