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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2024; 34(01): 181-184
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1775797
Case Report

Acute Encephalopathy with Biphasic Seizures and Late Reduced Diffusion following SARS-CoV-2 Infection—A Rare Case Report

Manasa C. Murthy 
1   Division of Pediatric Neurology, Manipal Hospital, Hal Airport Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
,
Bidisha Banerjee 
1   Division of Pediatric Neurology, Manipal Hospital, Hal Airport Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
,
Ullas Acharya
2   Department of Radiology and Imaging, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
,
Shivakumar Shamarao
3   Department of Pediatrics, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion (AESD) is a clinicoradiological syndrome first recognized during the influenza pandemic in Japanese population in the late twentieth century.1

In this article, we presented a rare case report of AESD in a young child due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection (SARS-CoV-2) who presented with febrile status epilepticus, persistent encephalopathy, and had recurrence of seizures on day 4 of illness with characteristic magnetic resonance imaging findings and a relatively fair outcome

Keywords

biphasic seizures - bright tree appearance - encephalopathy - febrile status epilepticus - late reduced diffusion - SARS-CoV-2 infection


Publication History

Article published online:
27 October 2023

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