Young Female COVID-19 Patient Presenting with Epileptic Seizure

COVID-19 is a new type of coronavirus infection with a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic to severely symptomatic, and that mostly affects the respiratory tract. Although the respiratory tract is the primary area affected by the disease, neurological symptoms such as headache, dizziness and muscle ache have also been reported in some patients since the early stages of the pandemic. COVID-19 symp-toms and complications can affect the peripheral and central nervous systems as well as the skeletal mus-cles, while epileptic seizure is a rare manifestation of COVID-19. We present here the case of a female patient admitted to hospital with epileptic seizure due to COVID-19 encephalopathy.

Epileptik Nöbetle Baþvuran Genç Kadýn COVID-19 Hastasý

COVID-19, asemptomatikten þiddetli semptomlarla giden hastalýða kadar geniþ bir klinik spektrum göste-ren, çoðunlukla solunum yollarýný etkileyen yeni tip koronavirüs enfeksiyonudur. Hastalýkta temel etkile-nen bölge solunum sistemi olsa da, pandeminin erken evrelerinden itibaren bazý hastalarda, baþ aðrý-sý, baþ dönmesi ve kas aðrýlarý gibi nörolojik semp-tomlar da bildirilmiþtir. COVID-19 semptomlarý ve komplikasyonlarý, hem periferik hem de santral sinir sistemini ve iskelet kaslarýný etkileyebilir. Epileptik nöbet, COVID-19'un nadir bir belirtisidir. Biz de COVID-19 ensefalopatisi nedeniyle, hastaneye epi-leptik nöbet ile baþvuran bir kadýn hastayý sunuyoruz.