COVID-19-related intracranial imaging findings: a large single-centre experience.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe the neuroradiological changes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Materials and methods

A retrospective review was undertaken of 3,403 patients who were confirmed positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK between 1 March 2020 and 31 May 2020, and who underwent neuroimaging. Abnormal brain imaging was evaluated in detail and various imaging patterns on magnetic resonance imaging MRI were identified.

Results

Of the 3,403 patients with COVID-19, 167 (4.9%) had neurological signs or symptoms warranting neuroimaging. The most common indications were delirium (44/167, 26%), foca

SUBMITTER: Sawlani V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7491990 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature