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Jacqueline G. O’Leary | Zendy; Joseph McAndrew | Zendy; Arif Shukralla | Zendy; Kieran C. Murphy | Zendy

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Neuropsychiatric manifestations in a patient with prolonged COVID-19 encephalopathy: case report and literature review

Author(s) -

Jacqueline G. O’Leary,

Joseph McAndrew,

Arif Shukralla,

Kieran C. Murphy

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

irish journal of psychological medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 0790-9667

pISSN - 2051-6967

DOI - 10.1017/ipm.2021.67

Subject(s) - covid-19 , encephalopathy , complication , medicine , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , psychiatry , pathology , surgery , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)

While the respiratory complications of COVID-19 infection are now well known, psychiatric manifestations are an emerging issue. We report a case of prolonged encephalopathy secondary to COVID-19 which was associated with prominent neuropsychiatric features. The patient went on to develop sub-clinical seizures, a rare but recognised complication of SARS-CoV-2.

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