Open AccessCOVID-19 Presenting With Confusion: An Unusual but Suggestive Electroencephalography Pattern of Encephalitis
Author(s) -
Zied Affes,
E. Bouvard,
P. Lévy,
Claire Dussaule,
Gilles Grateau,
JeanPhilippe Haymann
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical neurophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.657
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1537-1603
pISSN - 0736-0258
DOI - 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000795
Subject(s) - confusion , encephalitis , electroencephalography , covid-19 , medicine , coronavirus , cerebrospinal fluid , disease , pediatrics , pathology , virology , psychology , psychiatry , virus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychoanalysis
A 78-year-old man was admitted for acute confusion. At initial investigation physical examination, blood and cerebrospinal fluid tests were unremarkable and EEG showed synchronous bifrontal periodic discharges, an evocative pattern of encephalitis. Coronavirus disease 2019 was diagnosed later after fever onset. Isolated mild confusion may thus be an initial clinical picture of Coronavirus disease 2019 infection.