Table 4.
Characteristics of five admitted patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, whose brain MRI showed bilateral subcortical white matter focal lesions hypointense on T1WI and hyperintense on T2WI and FLAIR sequence MR images (Fig. 6).
| Patients | Age (years) | sex | Co-morbidities and associated diseases | GCS | Contrast | Focal manifestations | Presentation | Associated brain MRI finding(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | M | Alcoholism, HIV, and CMV | 15 | + | – | Headache | – |
| 2 | 42 | F | MERS-CoV, and PE | 15 | + | – | Headache | – |
| 3 | 74 | M | DM and CVA | 15 | – | + | Unsteady gait with unilateral weakness | Old LI |
| 4 | 80 | F | Hypo-thyroidism, HTN, DM, IHD, CVA, DVT, and PE | 15 | – | + | Left UMN facial muscles weakness | Old and recent LI |
| 5 | 51 | M | TIA | 15 | + | + | Left sided body weakness | Recent LI |
Female F, Male M, Human immunodeficiency virus HIV, Cytomegalovirus CMV, Middle east respiratory syndrome-corona virus MERS-CoV, Pulmonary embolism PE, Diabetes mellitus DM, Cerebrovascular accident CVA, Deep vein thrombosis DVT, Upper motor neuron UMN, Transient ischemic attacks TIA.