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Brain Dev
. 2023 Sep 18;S0387-7604(23)00149-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2023.08.008. Online ahead of print. The first case of hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome with fulminant hypercytokinemia associated with pediatric COVID-19
Koyuru Kurane[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Keizo Wakae[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hirokazu Yamagishi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yuta Kawahara[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marika Ono[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Daisuke Tamura[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kaito Furuya[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Naoyuki Taga[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mitsuru Matsuki[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Takanori Yamagata[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kazuhiro Muramatsu[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
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Background: Infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can lead not only to respiratory symptoms but also to neurologic symptoms with various levels of severity. After the worldwide prevalence of Omicron variant, severe neurological manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) such as febrile seizure, demyelinating disease, and cerebrovascular disease, have been reported. However, reports of acute encephalopathy in patients with COVID-19 are quite limited. Especially in terms of cytokine storm-inducing hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome (HSES), there is no case reported related to COVID-19.
Case presentation: We describe the case of an 8-year-old girl who presented with fatal HSES associated with pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection. Status epilepticus occurs after the onset of fever and diarrhea and lasted for at least an hour. Unconsciousness was followed by circulatory failure and ultimately leading to death within 2 days after the fever onset. Analysis of forty-eight cytokines and chemokines measured in three consecutive serum samples revealed that interferon (IFN)-γ, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, IL-17A, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a, IL-8, Interferon gamma inducible protein (IP)-10, and Monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, were increased within an hour after the onset of impaired consciousness.
Conclusion: Here, we describe a case of fatal fulminant encephalopathy with rapid progression because of HSES associated with COVID-19. High levels of cytokines and chemokines observed in this case may be because of the SARS-CoV-2-associated cytokine storm. This study is the first COVID-19-associated case of HSES.
Keywords: COVID-19; Cerebral edema; Cytokine storm; Encephalopathy; HSES; Neurological complication; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2023 Sep 18;S0387-7604(23)00149-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2023.08.008. Online ahead of print. The first case of hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome with fulminant hypercytokinemia associated with pediatric COVID-19
Koyuru Kurane[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Keizo Wakae[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hirokazu Yamagishi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yuta Kawahara[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marika Ono[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Daisuke Tamura[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kaito Furuya[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Naoyuki Taga[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mitsuru Matsuki[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Takanori Yamagata[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kazuhiro Muramatsu[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 37730452
- DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2023.08.008
Background: Infection by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can lead not only to respiratory symptoms but also to neurologic symptoms with various levels of severity. After the worldwide prevalence of Omicron variant, severe neurological manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) such as febrile seizure, demyelinating disease, and cerebrovascular disease, have been reported. However, reports of acute encephalopathy in patients with COVID-19 are quite limited. Especially in terms of cytokine storm-inducing hemorrhagic shock and encephalopathy syndrome (HSES), there is no case reported related to COVID-19.
Case presentation: We describe the case of an 8-year-old girl who presented with fatal HSES associated with pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection. Status epilepticus occurs after the onset of fever and diarrhea and lasted for at least an hour. Unconsciousness was followed by circulatory failure and ultimately leading to death within 2 days after the fever onset. Analysis of forty-eight cytokines and chemokines measured in three consecutive serum samples revealed that interferon (IFN)-γ, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, IL-17A, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a, IL-8, Interferon gamma inducible protein (IP)-10, and Monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, were increased within an hour after the onset of impaired consciousness.
Conclusion: Here, we describe a case of fatal fulminant encephalopathy with rapid progression because of HSES associated with COVID-19. High levels of cytokines and chemokines observed in this case may be because of the SARS-CoV-2-associated cytokine storm. This study is the first COVID-19-associated case of HSES.
Keywords: COVID-19; Cerebral edema; Cytokine storm; Encephalopathy; HSES; Neurological complication; SARS-CoV-2.