Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Delayed Awakening in a Young Adult with COVID-19: A Case Report
touchREVIEWS in Neurology, cilt.17, sa.1, ss.53-55, 2021 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.17925/usn.2021.17.1.53
- Dergi Adı: touchREVIEWS in Neurology
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.53-55
- Anahtar Kelimeler: cerebral venous thrombosis, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
- Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected millions of people, and a significant percentage have died. In this report, we describe a young healthy patient with COVID-19 who progressed rapidly and had cerebral venous thrombosis without any known risk factors. The patient presented with classical high fever and cough complaints. After 1 week, he needed invasive mechanical ventilation, and, due to his impaired consciousness, we performed brain magnetic resonance imaging, which detected cerebral venous thrombosis. It is known that COVID-19 causes thrombotic/thromboembolic events in several ways. Cerebrovascular involvement should be taken into account, especially in patients with COVID-19 who show some neurological symptoms, in order to initiate proper investigation and treatment.