Seizures Related to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Case Series and Literature Review

  • Ashraf M
  • Sajed S
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Abstract

Neurological manifestations are common in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. We present three cases of COVID-19 patients with seizures. Two patients had a history of seizures but very well controlled. They presented with seizure activity likely triggered by COVID-19. The third patient had no history of seizures and presented with new onset of seizure activity. All these patients were routinely screened for COVID-19 on admission and tested positive on nasopharyngeal real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). None of these patients had respiratory symptoms. Electroencephalography (EEG) was abnormal in all three patients. All these patients recovered and were discharged in a stable condition.

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Ashraf, M., & Sajed, S. (2020). Seizures Related to Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Case Series and Literature Review. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9378

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