Post-infectious inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 in a paediatric patient with Down syndrome.

Mellad M KhoshnoodRoshan MahabirNick M ShillingfordJonathan D Santoro

Published in: BMJ case reports (2021)

Neurological complications of SARS-CoV-2 continue to be recognised. In children, neurological phenomenon has been reported generally in the acute infectious period. It is possible that SARS-CoV-2 could trigger an immune-mediated post-infectious phenomenon. Here, we present a unique case of post-infectious marantic cardiac lesion causing cerebrovascular accident in a patient with Down syndrome.

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