Table 1.
Neurological Complications Reported During and After SARS-CoV-1 Infection.
| No. |
Neurological Symptom |
Ref. No. | No. of patients | Mean Age of the patients(Range) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms related to CNS | |||||
| 1 | Ischemic stroke | [21] | 5 Patients 3F 2M |
57.6(39–68) | Large artery ischemic stroke especially in critically ill patients. |
| 2 | Headache | [22] | F | 62 | |
| 3 | Seizure | [23] | F | 32 | CSF positive for SARS-CoV-1 |
| 4 | Encephalitis | [24] | M | 39 | Autopsy tissue from the patient revealed neuronal necrosis, glial cell hyperplasia, and infiltration of monocytes and T cells. |
| Symptoms related to peripheral nervous system (PNS) | |||||
| 5 | Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) | [25] | 3F | 47(42–51) | Both acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) and acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) |
| 6 | Critical illness polyneuropathy | [26] | F | 51 | |
| Smell impairment | [27] | F | 27 | ||
| Symptoms related Skeletal Muscle injury | |||||
| 7 | Myopathy | [28] [25], | 5 M | 54.8(31–81) | Leung TW et al. [28] study was a post-mortem study, steroid-induced myopathy suggested for these patients.(4 cases) |
Abbreviation: M: Male, F: Female