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Hyuck-Jin Kwon1, Krunal H Patel2, Miguel Ramirez2
1Internal Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, USA.
Abstract:
COVID-19 has been associated with numerous complications, primarily pulmonary in origin. However, there have been several neurological sequelae of COVID-19 as well, one of the rarer complications is catatonia. In this already vulnerable population, it is imperative for the early diagnosis of catatonia and starting treatment. Delay in treatment of catatonia can be fatal from secondary complications as seen here. We discuss a case of a 62-year-old female that presented with mild COVID pneumonia, subsequently developed catatonia precipitated by COVID-19 encephalitis, which ultimately led to her death from complications.
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