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COVID-19-Associated Encephalitis Mimicking Glial Tumor
Ibrahim E Efe1, Orhun Utku Aydin1, Alper Alabulut2
1Department of Neurosurgery, Ondokuz Mayis University Samsun, Samsun, Turkey; Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
World Neurosurgery
|June 2, 2020
Summary
This case highlights coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) encephalitis presenting as a brain tumor. Prompt COVID-19 testing is crucial for patients with similar neurological symptoms.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Infectious Diseases
- Oncology
Background:
- Neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 are increasingly reported.
- This study details an unusual case of COVID-19-associated encephalitis.
- The encephalitis mimicked a glial tumor on initial presentation.
