Fatal Cerebral Edema in a Child With COVID-19

Pediatr Neurol. 2021 Jan:114:77-78. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.10.005. Epub 2020 Oct 22.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Pediatric; Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Brain Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Edema / etiology*
  • Brain Edema / pathology
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / etiology
  • COVID-19 / pathology
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Electroencephalography
  • Encephalitis / diagnosis
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Intracranial Hypertension / etiology
  • Male
  • Symptom Assessment
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / etiology*
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Hydroxychloroquine

Supplementary concepts

  • pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease, COVID-19 related