Psychosis associated with suspected SARS-CoV-2 encephalitis with response to steroids: a case report.
Michael Ariza-VarónMaría Alejandra BeltránDaniel S Marín-MedinaAndrés Felipe GonzálezAna Milena ÁvilaPublished in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2021)
The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has neurological complications either by direct involvement or by para-infectious or post-infectious phenomena. Encephalitis occurs in a small proportion of the cases, while psychiatric symptoms have been described in a variable percentage of the events. However, a psychotic picture such as the one reported in our case is unusual. MRI, cerebrospinal fluid and EEG are important for the diagnostic evaluation of these patients but not obligatory to the diagnosis. The treatment of this condition with corticosteroids has been successful even in cases associated with Anti-NMDA. Our case is the second reported in Colombia, the first to be associated with psychosis.
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