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Post-COVID-19 syndrome: persistent neuroimaging changes and symptoms 9 months after initial infection

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: A previously healthy and active middle-aged woman acquired COVID-19 as an occupational exposure with subsequent persistent post-COVID-19 symptoms including headache, dyspnoea on exertion, chest pressure, tachycardia, anosmia, parosmia, persistent myalgia, vertigo, cognitive decline and fatigue. She presented to a tertiary medical centre for further evaluation after 9 months of persistent symptoms and had a largely unremarkable workup with the exception of a persistently elevated monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, blunted cardiovagal response and non-specific scattered areas of low-level hypometabolism at the bilateral frontal, left precuneus, occipital and parietal regions on PET scan.

Source: BMJ Case Reports

DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-248448

Authors: Stephanie L Grach, Ravindra Ganesh, Steven A Messina, Ryan T Hurt

Institution: Mayo Clinic

Language: English

Topic: Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Subfield: Neurology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4223508213