Specifically Decreased Thalamic Blood Flow Following COVID-19 Infection.
Journal
Clinical nuclear medicine
ISSN: 1536-0229
Titre abrégé: Clin Nucl Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7611109
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 Oct 2024
02 Oct 2024
Historique:
medline:
2
10
2024
pubmed:
2
10
2024
entrez:
2
10
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Although long COVID refers to numerous COVID-19-related symptoms after infection, including depression, fatigue, anosmia, sleep disturbances, and brain fog, the etiology of long COVID remains largely unknown. A 41-year-old woman presented with a 3-week history of complete insomnia without drowsiness throughout the day after contracting COVID-19. SPECT using N-isopropyl-p-[123I] iodoamphetamine showed a significant regional cerebral blood flow reduction in the bilateral thalamus. We diagnosed her as having insomnia accompanied by thalamic hypoperfusion related to COVID-19 infection. To our knowledge, this is the first case of reduced regional cerebral blood flow specifically confined to the thalamus.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39354691
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005478
pii: 00003072-990000000-01299
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared.
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