Vessel Wall Enhancement and Focal Cerebral Arteriopathy in a Pediatric Patient with Acute Infarct and COVID-19 Infection

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 Dec;41(12):2348-2350. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6778. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Abstract

Herein, we report the findings of intracranial arterial wall enhancement, consistent with focal cerebral arteriopathy-inflammatory type, in a child presenting with acute infarct in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. To our knowledge, this report provides the first description of vessel wall imaging findings in COVID-19-associated acute stroke.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases / pathology
  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases / virology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Stroke / pathology*
  • Stroke / virology*