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V López Pérez1, J Cora Vicente2, C Echevarría Granados2, M L Salcedo Vázquez2, F Estol2, M Y Tebar Cuesta2.
Abstract
We describe the case of a 24-year-old pregnant woman with no history of note who was admitted with a diagnosis of bilateral pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus. Due to clinical worsening, she required urgent cesarean section with general anaesthesia and intubation for decubitus intolerance. After extubation, she presented altered mental state that required a differential diagnosis of encephalitis/meningitis secondary to SARS-CoV-2. CT and CT-angiography were normal, spinal fluid tests were non-specific, and magnetic resonance imaging reported posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) (due to radiological features suggestive of white matter vasogenic edema affecting the parietal, temporal and occipital lobes, along with altered mental state) secondary to gestational hypertension. Eleven days after the cesarean section the patient began to develop hypertension that required treatment. PRES is associated with certain clinical (headache, altered mental state, visual disturbances and convulsions) and radiological (reversible changes in white substance mainly affecting the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes) characteristics suggestive of vasogenic oedema In pregnant SARS-CoV-2 patients, the differential diagnosis of hypertension and altered mental state is often extremely complicated because complementary tests can be normal and there is no immediate sign of peripartum hypertension. SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing in spinal fluid could have provided a definitive diagnosis, but the treatment would not have differed.Entities:
Keywords: COVID-19; Encefalopatía; Encephalopathy; Postparto; Postpartum; SARS-CoV-2
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Year: 2020 PMID: 33036761 PMCID: PMC7359790 DOI: 10.1016/j.redar.2020.06.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim (Engl Ed) ISSN: 2341-1929
Figura 1Radiografía posteroanterior de tórax: consolidaciones parenquimatosas bilaterales en campos pulmonares inferiores y medios, compatibles con neumonía vírica por COVID-19, dado el contexto epidémico.
Figura 2Radiografía de tórax anteroposterior en decúbito supino: empeoramiento radiológico respecto a fig. 1. Menores volúmenes pulmonares, aumento de las opacidades bibasales. Afectación radiológica moderada-grave.
Figura 3Resonancia magnética (secuencia potenciada en T2 y FLAIR): Cortes axiales en los que se identifican zonas hiperintensas, con afectación bilateral tanto cortical como de sustancia blanca subcortical, más extensa en el hemisferio derecho. Se aprecia afectación en región parasagital y convexidad parietal bilateral y región parasagital frontal bilateral. La imagen sugiere que se trata de una PRES.
Figura 4Resonancia magnética (secuencia potenciada en T2 y FLAIR): Cortes axiales en los que se identifican zonas hiperintensas, con afectación bilateral tanto cortical como de sustancia blanca subcortical, más extensa en el hemisferio derecho. Se aprecia afectación en región parasagital y convexidad parietal bilateral y región parasagital frontal bilateral. La imagen sugiere que se trata de una PRES.