Severe neurological complications in a child with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children after asymptomatic COVID-19
| Title: | Severe neurological complications in a child with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children after asymptomatic COVID-19 |
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| Authors: | Kravljanac Ružica, Stajić Nataša, Vukomanović Vladislav, Petrović Gordana, Kuzmanović Miloš |
| Source: | Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, Vol 152, Iss 3-4, Pp 182-185 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: | Serbian Medical Society, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: | covid-19, mis-c, cerebrovascular disease, cerebral salt wasting syndrome, Medicine |
| More Details: | Introduction. Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) usually leads to a mild infectious disease course in children, but serious neurological complications have been described in association with both acute infection and the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Cerebrovascular disorders (CVD) in children are rare complication of MIS-C, and various potential mechanisms of CVD in MIS-C have been hypothesized. Case outline. In an eight-year old girl, diagnosis of MIS-C was made according to clinical features of prolonged fever, circulatory shock, heart and renal insufficiency, skin abnormalities, conjunctival hyperemia, and stomach pain associated with laboratory findings (increased CRP, D-dimers, pro BNP, troponins, IL-6), supported by positive contact with SARS-CoV2 one month before the disease onset and increased IgG and IgM anti-SARS-CoV2 antibodies. From the second day of hospitalization, left-side hemiplegia was observed, and using brain CT and MR, CVD was diagnosed. Together with cardiovascular support, corticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulin were administered. On the fourth day of hospitalization, diagnosis of cerebral salt wasting syndrome (CSWS) was made according to severe dehydration, polyuria, hyponatremia, increased natriuria, and increased urine: serum osmolality ratio. CSWS had very severe course lasting more than one month. The girl was discharged with stable vital signs, normal diuresis and hemiparesis. Conclusion. This is the first case in the literature presenting association of severe CSWS and CVD in a child with MIS-C after COVID-19. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Serbian |
| ISSN: | 0370-8179 2406-0895 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/0370-8179; https://doaj.org/toc/2406-0895 |
| DOI: | 10.2298/SARH231026030K |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/b3ef188f9f2c45e9890372041a9b65c0 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.b3ef188f9f2c45e9890372041a9b65c0 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 03708179 24060895 |
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| DOI: | 10.2298/SARH231026030K |
| Published in: | Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo |
| Language: | English Serbian |