Cureus . Thrombotic Sequela of Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection

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Cureus


. 2021 Dec 25;13(12):e20673.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.20673. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Thrombotic Sequela of Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection


Zaland A Yousafzai ¹ , Wajeeha Qayyum ² , Qazi Kamran Amin ² , Ihtesham Shafiq ³ , Nouman Anthony ²



Affiliations

• PMID: 35106216
• PMCID: PMC8784956
• DOI: 10.7759/cureus.20673

Abstract

Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known to be associated with thrombotic events like ischemic stroke. However, in the case of mild or asymptomatic disease, a thrombotic event like ischemic stroke is rare and has never been reported in our country. We present the case of a 28-year-old male patient with no co-morbidities who was diagnosed to have ischemic stroke involving the basilar artery. No risk factors for ischemic stroke could be found except for post-COVID-19 status, evident by the presence of antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Keywords: antibodies; antinuclear; basilar artery; brain ischemia; cerebral infarction; coronavirus; covid-19; ischemic stroke; post covid stroke; sars-cov-2.