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W present a 46-year-old male who was brought to the Emergency Department with shortness of breath. The patient initially complained of a two-day history of cough, fever, and progressive dyspnea. He was obese, a heavy smoker (20 pack years), and had been a known hypertensive for the past two years; however, he denied any compliance to any of his medications. On arrival, his vital signs showed an axillary temperature of 38.9°C, a pulse rate of 110 beats per minute, and sinus rhythm; his respiratory rate was 22 per minute, his non-invasive blood pressure was 160/90 mm Hg, and his oxygen saturation was 88% (on room air). A laboratory analysis revealed lymphocytopenia (800 cells/mm3) with C-reactive protein elevated to 58.0 mg/L. Nasopharyngeal swab specimens were obtained from the patient, and a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was performed, which tested positive for SARS-CoV2. Shortly after admission, the patient’s condition deteriorated to severe respiratory distress; he was therefore transferred to the Intensive Care Unit, requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. He received four days of lopinavir-ritonavir and hydroxychloroquine with no clinical improvement and was subsequently put on a tracheostomy during his one-month stay in the ICU. After clinically improving, the patient was transferred to the Medical COVID Unit for supportive care and physiotherapy, specifically gait training. He remained afebrile but continued to be persistently hypertensive with a maximum systolic pressure of 195 mm Hg despite being on 15 mg of Lisinopril. On day two post ICU discharge, the patient suffered an episode of confusion, blurred vision, and a tonicclonic seizure that lasted one minute and later aborted spontaneously. A renal function test showed increased creatinine levels, indicating an acute kidney injury secondary to both the angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor he was receiving and his uncontrolled blood pressure. A computed tomography scan of the brain showed asymmetrical hypodensity within the bilateral parietooccipital white matter (Figure 1A). Brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral posterior parietooccipital, centrum semiovale, and corona radiata hyperintensities with morphological vasogenic edema consistent with non-complicated posterior reversible encephalopathy (PRES) (Figures 1B-D). The patient was readmitted to the ICU with supportive measurements and blood pressure control. The patient improved in that he was able to obey commands, offered no further complaints of visual impairment, and was weaned off of mechanical ventilation after 7 days. He remained afebrile and seizure free throughout the rest of the admission. Since then, the patient has continued on 500 mg of Levetiracetam twice daily. Fourteen days after he was discharged from the ICU, he was transferred to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital in a stable condition for rehabilitation after his prolonged

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome overshadowing COVID-19: An Abstruse scenario or a conspicuous association?