Neuroimaging Findings of Brain Computed Tomography And Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of Covid-19 Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Neuroimaging Findings of Brain in Covid-19 Patients

Authors

  • Muhammad Mubeen University Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
  • Syed Muhammad Yousaf Farooq University Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
  • Syeda Khadija-Tul- Sughra University Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
  • Ahmed Ishfaq Diagnostic Radiology Department, The Children’s Hospital and The Institute of the Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Syed Amir Gilani University Institute of Radiological Sciences and Medical Imaging Technology, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
  • Syed Arsalan Gilani Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, The University of Lahore, Pakistan
  • Aafia Kiran Diagnostic Radiology Department, The Children’s Hospital and The Institute of the Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v5i4.371

Keywords:

2019-nCoV, COVID-19, neuroimaging, brain CT, brain MRI

Abstract

Novel Corona virus-2019 (SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading in continents around the globe and effective treatment has yet not been developed against this novel infection. The victims of COVID-19 tend to develop abnormal neuroimaging features on brain-CT and MRI Imaging. Objective: To assess the incidences of abnormal neuroimaging features in the sufferers of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods: PubMed, Science Direct. Research Gate, Medline and Google Scholar were searched till 28th March 2021 to highlight the incidences of abnormal neuroimaging features in the sufferers of SARS-CoV-2 infection. After screening of literature, only twenty-one (21) articles were included. All data extracted from them was further analysed through meta-analysis. Results: Twenty-one (21) eligible articles with one thousand six hundred and forty-four (1644) verified COVID-19 patients were included. The average age of SARS-CoV-2 patients is 65.20 years with 67.1% males and 32.9% females. Brain CT scan (46.2%), brain MRI (41.3%) and both brain CT and brain MRI (12.5%) were used to detect neuroimaging features. The pooled incidences of acute or sub-acute infarctions were most common (25.88%), followed by cerebral micro-bleed (20.05%), encephalitis/encephalopathy (14.53%), and acute spontaneous non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhages (7.55%). Conclusions: The current systematic review concluded that during the spread of the current COVID-19 pandemic, many SARS-CoV-2 patients manifested neurologic symptoms. Out of these neurological manifestations, acute or sub-acute infarction and cerebral micro-bleed are most common.

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DOI: 10.54393/pbmj.v5i4.371
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Mubeen, M. ., Farooq, S. M. Y. ., Sughra, S. K.-T.-., Ishfaq, A. ., Gilani, S. A. ., Gilani , S. A., & Kiran, A. . (2022). Neuroimaging Findings of Brain Computed Tomography And Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of Covid-19 Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Neuroimaging Findings of Brain in Covid-19 Patients. Pakistan BioMedical Journal, 5(4), 257–263. https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v5i4.371

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