Postinfectious Neurologic Complications in COVID-19: A Complex Case Report
Pietro Tiraboschi, Rubjona Xhani, Simone Maria Zerbi, Angelo Corso, Isabella Martinelli, Laura Fusi, Giampiero Grampa, Andrea Lombardo, Paola Cavalcante, Cristina Cappelletti, Francesca Andreetta, Alberto Sironi, Alberto Redolfi, Cristina Muscio
Abstract
A 40-y-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection developed neurologic manifestations (confusion, agitation, seizures, dyskinesias, and parkinsonism) a few weeks after the onset of severe acute respiratory syndrome. MRI and cerebrospinal fluid analyses were unremarkable, but <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT showed limbic and extralimbic hypermetabolism. A full recovery, alongside <sup>18</sup>F-FDG normalization in previously hypermetabolic areas, was observed after intravenous immunoglobulin administration.