- Hanafi, R;
- Roger, P-A;
- Perin, B;
- Kuchcinski, G;
- Deleval, N;
- Dallery, F;
- Michel, D;
- Pruvo, J-P;
- Outteryck, O;
- Constans, J-M;
- Hacein-Bey, Lotfi
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infection caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which spreads rapidly from person to person and manifests in most symptomatic patients as a respiratory illness, similar to prior SARS viruses. Neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 are uncommon; those so far reported include encephalopathy, stroke from large-vessel occlusion, and polyneuropathy. We report a unique neurologic complication of COVID-19 in a patient who had extensive cerebral small-vessel ischemic lesions resembling cerebral vasculitis in a characteristic combined imaging pattern of ischemia, hemorrhage, and punctuate postcontrast enhancement. Also, a characteristic lower extremity skin rash was present in our patient. Our observation lends support to the increasingly suspected mechanism of endotheliitis associated with this novel coronavirus.