Open AccessChanges in stroke presentation in neo-Covid patients: A case study
Author(s) -
Anoop Kohli,
Charchit Gupta,
Shvet Dutta,
Chirag Madaan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
interdisciplinary neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2214-7519
DOI - 10.1016/j.inat.2020.100949
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , stroke (engine) , presentation (obstetrics) , magnetic resonance imaging , cardiology , pediatrics , surgery , radiology , pathology , disease , outbreak , engineering , mechanical engineering , infectious disease (medical specialty)
A 35 year old male had a generalized seizure a week after symptoms of daily fever, rigors, and throat discomfort. He was hospitalized. Magnetic resonance imaging brain showed multiple bilateral scattered infarcts. COVID-19 swab test came positive. An elaborate panel of tests for young strokes, cardiac work-up was normal. At home, he complained of some visual blurring, slowing in thought processing, occasional loss of words. His face became significantly pigmented. A young male, COVID-19 positive, showed multiple scattered infarcts. Exaggerated pro-thrombotic activity of the nature of a cytokine storm, is the probable cause.
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