Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology

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Post-infectious basal ganglia encephalitis and axonal variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome after COVID-19 infection: an atypical case report

  • Yang, Jiwon (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Dong-Jin (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Hyeon-Mi (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Yeong-Bae (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine) ;
  • Sung, Young-Hee (Department of Neurology, Gil Medical Center, Gachon University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2022.07.19
  • Accepted : 2022.08.16
  • Published : 2022.10.30
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Abstract

Neurological complications attributed to coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) infection have been reported including acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and so on. Herein, we report a 49-year-old woman presented with acute encephalopathy and paraplegia simultaneously after COVID-19 infection. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed symmetric hyperintense basal ganglia lesions on T2-weighted imaging. Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, motor axonal neuropathy and enhancement of conus medullaris nerve roots on spine MRI were observed. We treated her with high-dose corticosteroid and intravenous immunoglobulin.

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