ArticleJournal of neuroradiology = Journal de neuroradiologie2021
Cerebral vasculitis of medium-sized vessels as a possible mechanism of brain damage in COVID-19 patients.
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- Brain MRI findings in neurologically symptomatic COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Imaging Markers of Neurologic Damage in COVID-19: A Systematic Review.Current medicinal chemistry · 2023Pooled it
- Brain MRI findings in severe COVID-19 patients: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Pooled it
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- The Spectrum of Vessel Wall Imaging (VWI) Findings in COVID-19-Associated Neurological Syndromes: A Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Effects of COVID-19 on Synaptic and Neuronal Degeneration.Brain sciences · 2023Review
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- Neurological manifestation in COVID-19 disease with neuroimaging studies.American journal of neurodegenerative disease · 2023Review
- Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome presented as a cerebral and systemic vasculitis: a case report.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2022Article
- Molecular imaging as a tool for evaluation of COVID-19 sequelae - A review of literature.World journal of radiology · 2022Review
- Evolution of Neuroimaging Findings in Severe COVID-19 Patients with Initial Neurological Impairment: An Observational Study.Viruses · 2022Observational
- A review of neuroradiological abnormalities in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).The neuroradiology journal · 2022Review
- Diagnosis and follow-up evaluation of central nervous system vasculitis: an evaluation of vessel-wall MRI findings.Journal of neurology · 2022Article
- Hospitalisation for COVID-19 predicts long lasting cerebrovascular impairment: A prospective observational cohort study.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2022Observational
- Functional connectivity underlying cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in post-COVID-19 syndrome: is anosognosia a key determinant?Brain communications · 2022Article
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Abstract
background and purposeCerebral complications related to COVID-19 were recently reported, and the underlying mechanisms of brain damage remain uncertain, probably multifactorial. Among various hypotheses suggested, a possible vasculitis was issued but never confirmed. Herein, we aimed to describe brain MRIs focused on the intracranial vessel wall in a population of COVID-19 patients with neurologic manifestations. MATERIALS AND
methodsBetween March 1 and May 31, 2020, 69 consecutive COVID-19 patients with neurologic manifestations underwent a brain MRI allowing the study of the intracranial vessel wall at Strasbourg University hospitals and were retrospectively included. During the same period, 25 consecutive patients, without suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection, underwent a brain MRI urgently, with the same imaging protocols. A vasculitis seemed likely when imaging demonstrated vessel wall thickening with homogeneous and concentric enhancement.
resultsAmong the 69 COVID-19 patients included, 11 (16%) presented arterial vessel wall thickening with homogeneous and concentric enhancement, compatible with cerebral vasculitis. These neuroimaging findings were not found among the 25 patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the difference was statistically significant (p = 0.03). Middle cerebral arteries, basilar artery, and posterior cerebral arteries were the most frequent vessels involved. For nine of them, imaging demonstrated ischemic or hemorrhagic complications.
conclusionCerebral vasculitis of medium-sized vessels seems to be one of the mechanisms at the origin of brain damage related to COVID-19.
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