Abstract
Neurological symptoms are increasingly recognized in SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals. However, the neuropathogenesis remains unclear and it is not possible to define a specific damage pattern due to brain virus infection. In the present study, 33 cases of brain autopsies performed during the first (February-April 2020) and the second/third (November 2020-April 2021) pandemic waves are described. In all the cases, SARS-CoV-2 RNA was searched. Pathological findings are described and compared with those presently published.
Keywords: COVID-19; astrogliosis; bacterial superinfection; chronic inflammation; endovascular microthrombi; hypoxic-ischemic injury; microglia activation; neuropathology.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, bacterial superinfection, Neuropathology, chronic inflammation, microglia activation, astrogliosis, endovascular microthrombi, hypoxic-ischemic injury, 【초록키워드】 pandemic, Autopsy, Brain, SARS-CoV-2 RNA, virus infection, microglia, Bacterial, SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals, Neurological symptom, pathological, described, performed, searched, to define, increasingly, 【제목키워드】 experience, Italian,