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Cureus
. 2020 Aug 10;12(8):e9638.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.9638.
Multiple Lacunar Cerebral Infarcts as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19
Amro Elshereye[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Burak Erdinc[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) is a novel corona virus that started as an outbreak in the Hubei province of China in December 2019 and later became a pandemic affecting every continent on the planet. Patients with severe COVID-19 tend to develop acute thrombotic complications including myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and ischemic stroke. We describe a case of a 75-year-old-female who presented with acute onset slurred speech and right sided facial droop. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 with acute ischemic stroke as the initial presentation. Stroke as the initial presentation of COVID-19 is rare and has not been described in the literature frequently. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness about this potential complication of COVID-19 as an initial presentation.
Keywords: acute ischemic stroke; covid-19; lacunar infarct; sars-cov-2.
. 2020 Aug 10;12(8):e9638.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.9638.
Multiple Lacunar Cerebral Infarcts as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19
Amro Elshereye[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Burak Erdinc[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32789103
- PMCID: PMC7417318
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.9638
Abstract
Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) is a novel corona virus that started as an outbreak in the Hubei province of China in December 2019 and later became a pandemic affecting every continent on the planet. Patients with severe COVID-19 tend to develop acute thrombotic complications including myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and ischemic stroke. We describe a case of a 75-year-old-female who presented with acute onset slurred speech and right sided facial droop. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 with acute ischemic stroke as the initial presentation. Stroke as the initial presentation of COVID-19 is rare and has not been described in the literature frequently. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness about this potential complication of COVID-19 as an initial presentation.
Keywords: acute ischemic stroke; covid-19; lacunar infarct; sars-cov-2.