id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-266135-jbc9nml0 Princiotta Cariddi, Lucia Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) in a COVID-19 patient 2020-06-24 .txt text/plain 1141 78 41 title: Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) in a COVID-19 patient Besides pneumonia, it has been demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2 infection affects multiple organs, including brain tissues, causing different neurological manifestations, especially acute cerebrovascular disease (ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke), impaired consciousness and skeletal muscle injury. To our knowledge, among neurological disorders associated with SARS-CoV2 infection, no Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) has been described yet. Herein, we report a case of a 64-year old woman with COVID19 infection who developed a PRES, and we suggest that it could be explained by the disruption of the blood brain barrier induced by the cerebrovascular endothelial dysfunction caused by SARS-CoV-2. Brain CT and CTA were consistent with hemorrhagic Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES; Fig. 1a, b) . Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in infection, sepsis, and shock Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and infection: a systematic review of the literature Hemorrhagic posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome as a manifestation of COVID-19 infection ./cache/cord-266135-jbc9nml0.txt ./txt/cord-266135-jbc9nml0.txt