A Case Report of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Developing After COVID-19 Infection.
covid 19
external ventricular drain (evd)
normal-pressure hydrocephalus
shunt
ventriculoperitoneal shunts
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
Historique:
accepted:
13
01
2023
entrez:
16
2
2023
pubmed:
17
2
2023
medline:
17
2
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 virus) has been reported to cause significant injury to the central nervous system (CNS). Herein, we describe the case of a 48-year-old male with a past medical history of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), hypertension, and hyperlipidemia who developed typical symptomatology of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) with cognitive impairment, gait dysfunction, and urinary incontinence after a mild coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection. The diagnosis was confirmed by imaging and lumbar puncture (LP). The patient was treated with a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placed by neurosurgery and had a complete recovery. Despite increasing reports of neurological manifestations of COVID-19 infection, the mechanism of such pathology is still not well understood. Hypotheses include viral invasion of the CNS either through the nasopharynx and olfactory epithelium or directly through the blood brain barrier.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36793840
doi: 10.7759/cureus.33753
pmc: PMC9922937
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e33753Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023, Badar et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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