Manifestaciones neurológicas en pacientes pediátricos con COVID-19: reporte de casos

Sandra C. Schult-Montoya; Paola R. Pichilingue-Torres; Werner L. Vásquez-Vidal; Elio O. Rodríguez-Mujica; Mayra Juárez-Luna

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2021.382.6781

Authors

Sandra C. Schult-Montoya Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño Breña, Lima, Perú. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Médico pediatra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9189-7778
Paola R. Pichilingue-Torres Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño Breña, Lima, Perú. médica rehabilitadora https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2043-2065
Werner L. Vásquez-Vidal Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño Breña, Lima, Perú. Médico pediatra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-6165
Elio O. Rodríguez-Mujica Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño Breña, Lima, Perú. Médico pediatra
Mayra Juárez-Luna Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño Breña, Lima, Perú. médica rehabilitadora https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1019-4868

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2021.382.6781

Keywords:

Encephalitis, Meningitis, Seizure, Guillain Barré Syndrome, Status Epilepticus, Child

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic currently affects millions of people including the pediatric population. The clinical manifestations in children are diverse: respiratory, gastrointestinal, hematological, neurological and systemic. In order to describe the various clinical and neurological manifestations during the evolution of the disease, we documented a series of cases of pediatric patients with COVID-19. Various mechanisms are proposed through which SARS-CoV-2 would cause neurological injury (direct injury, secondary to an immune response, among others) with variable clinical characteristics (seizures, muscle weakness, sensorial disorder). Studies on clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in children and adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 are limited, therefore, this report provides a spectrum of neurological manifestations associated with SARS-CoV-2 in pediatric population.