Department of Neurological Surgery (R.D., M.K., M.D.J., F.H.-S., S.K.N.), University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Health Care, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Department of Neurology (A.F., M.U.A., A.H.J.), University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Health Care, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, Massachusetts.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 Oct;41(10):1797-1799. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6712. Epub 2020 Aug 20.
Bilateral basal ganglia hemorrhage is exceedingly rare. To our knowledge, our patient is the first reported case of a confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient who had bilateral basal ganglia hemorrhage. In the absence of other risk factors for bilateral deep cerebral involvement, we suspect that COVID-19 may be contributing to these rare pathologies. Most published data represent a correlation between COVID-19 and neurologic complications, and more research is still needed to prove causation.
双侧基底节出血极为罕见。据我们所知，我们的患者是首例确诊的 2019 冠状病毒病（COVID-19）患者合并双侧基底节出血。在没有其他双侧深部脑实质受累危险因素的情况下，我们怀疑 COVID-19 可能导致了这些罕见的病理改变。大多数已发表的数据都表明 COVID-19 与神经系统并发症之间存在相关性，但仍需要更多的研究来证明因果关系。
