RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lessons of the month 1: A case of rhombencephalitis as a rare complication of acute COVID-19 infection
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 293
OP 294
DO 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0182
VO 20
IS 3
A1 Po Fung Wong
A1 Sam Craik
A1 Piers Newman
A1 Annabel Makan
A1 Koottalai Srinivasan
A1 Emma Crawford
A1 Devapriya Dev
A1 Harmesh Moudgil
A1 Nawaid Ahmad
YR 2020
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/3/293.abstract
AB A 40-year-old man developed acute brainstem dysfunction 3 days after hospital admission with symptoms of the novel SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19). Magnetic resonance imaging showed changes in keeping with inflammation of the brainstem and the upper cervical cord, leading to a diagnosis of rhombencephalitis. No other cause explained the patient's abnormal neurological findings. He was managed conservatively with rapid spontaneous improvement in some of his neurological signs and was discharged home with continued neurology follow up.