id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-351040-j3ltpaa0 Naser Moghadasi, Abdorreza Encephalopathy associated with COVID-19 in a patient with multiple sclerosis 2020-10-28 .txt text/plain 1388 97 52 Herein, a 34-year-old patient with MS who experienced the decreased level of consciousness and encephalopathy following COVID-19 involvement has been reported. Although the result of the COVID-19 test in CSF was negative, the patient was treated with the diagnosis of COVID-19 encephalitis. Although the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test of SARS-CoV-2 was negative in CSF, the patient was treated with a diagnosis of the encephalitis caused by COVID-19 due to the exclusion of other causes. Due to improving the neurological conditions, the patient was diagnosed with mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) caused by COVID-19 (Hayashi et al. In addition to patients with encephalitis, the cases with encephalopathy are reported due to causes other than the direct invasion of SARS-CoV-2. Herein, we reported a patient with MS who experienced the decreased level of consciousness and encephalopathy following COVID-19 involvement. Before developing COVID-19, the patient Fig. 1 a, b Brain MRI revealed multiple confluent lesions with gadolinium enhancements. ./cache/cord-351040-j3ltpaa0.txt ./txt/cord-351040-j3ltpaa0.txt