COVID-19-associated leukoencephalopathy in the absence of severe hypoxia with subsequent improvement: a case report.

Hiroki KojimaNaoya SakamotoAtsushi KosakaMasayoshi KobayashiMitsuo AmemiyaTakuya WashinoYusuke KuwaharaTakuto IshidaMayu HikoneSatoshi MiikeTatsunori OyabuSentaro IwabuchiFukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)

Clinicians should consider leukoencephalopathy in the differential diagnosis of consciousness disorders in patients with severe COVID-19, even in the absence of severe hypoxia. Gradual neurologic improvement can be expected in such cases.

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