Conventional and advanced MRI features of COVID-19-associated hemorrhagic necrotizing encephalopathy

We report the case of a 65 years-old female referred to our Emergency Department (ED) for acute onset of right hemiparesis-hypoesthesia with 7th right cranial nerve involvement. After hospitalization, oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal swabs, she resulted positive for SARS-CoV-2. Magnetic resonance (MR) examination showed heterogeneous enhancing lesions in the basal ganglia and in the left temporal lobe surrounded by vasogenic edema. Even if...