Bilateral Basal Ganglia Haemorrhage in a COVID-19 Positive Patient- Rare and Unusual Imaging Findings TD04-TD05
Correspondence
Rahul Dev,
Room No-13, Trauma Centre, AIIMS, Rishikesh-249203, Uttarakhand, India.
E-mail: rdev8283@gmail.com
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the most challenging problem for the world today. The disease is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), leading to high morbidity and mortality worldwide. Numerous pathways are involved in the neurological manifestation of the disease. The imaging findings are not limited to encephalopathy, encephalitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, meningitis, ischemic stroke, and intracerebral haemorrhage. Bilateral basal ganglia haemorrhages as manifestations are exceedingly rare. A 42-year-old male normotensive patient with no co-morbidities presented to the hospital with left hemiparesis. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) brain revealed haemorrhagic lesions in bilateral basal ganglia. No associated abnormalities were found in vasculature of brain. Hereby, authors report this rare and unusual case of COVID-19 infected patient presenting as bilateral basal ganglia haemorrhage.