Meningoencephalitis and Spontaneous Acute Subdural Haematoma Complicating COVID-19: Report of an Unusual Case and Review of Literature Volume 5 - Issue 1

Muneer Abubaker¹, Afshan Hasan¹, Suhail Hussain², Yahya Paksoy³ and Abdul Rafi Mohammed¹*

• ¹Consultant Family Physician, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar
• ²Consultant Stroke Physician, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
• ³Consultant Neuroradiologist, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Received: January 25, 2021;   Published:February 04, 2021

Corresponding author: Abdul Rafi Mohammed, Consultant Family Physician, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar

DOI: 10.32474/OJNBD.2021.05.000205

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Neurological complications of COVID-19 are not uncommon and can sometimes be serious and even fatal. We report a case of COVID -19 complicated by meningoencephalitis and spontaneous subdural hematoma requiring emergency craniotomy. Patient had a stormy course in intensive care and eventually died. As far as the authors are aware only handful of COVID-19 patients complicated with subdural hematoma have been previously reported in the literature.

Keywords:COVID-19; Pneumonitis, Intensive Care; Subdural hematoma; Meningoencephalitis; Craniotomy

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