| Autor: |
Salem AlKandari, Lata Prasad, Abeer M. Al Shabrawy, Salwa A. Gelbaya |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia). 28(1) |
| ISSN: |
1319-6138 |
| Popis: |
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been reported in the literature to be associated with a higher risk of stroke in young individuals with no previous risk factors. We present here one such case of a 15-year-old girl with posterior circulation ischemic stroke resulting in dense right hemiplegia and cerebellar incoordination. The patient tested positive for COVID-19 infection without displaying any symptoms of active COVID-19 infection at the time of the stroke. An MRI brain scan showed acute infarcts in the pons and left cerebellar hemisphere, and a CT angiogram of the cerebrovascular system showed occluded left vertebral and basilar arteries.The most salient feature of this case is COVID-19 infection manifesting clinically as cerebrovascular thrombosis in an otherwise healthy young girl with no pre-existing comorbidities and no laboratory findings of coagulopathy except for mildly elevated D-dimer. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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