J Infect Public Health . Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report

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J Infect Public Health


. 2021 Jan 30;14(5):647-650.
doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.01.009. Online ahead of print.
Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report


Mohammed AlSheef[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Abdul Rehman Z Zaidi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Majid Abonab[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mona Obaid[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Khalid Bawazir[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Syed Ziauddin A Zaidi[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Ghaydaa J Kullab[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Sultan Alawfi[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Mushira Enani[SUP] 9 [/SUP]



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• PMID: 33857723
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.01.009

Abstract

We are reporting a 45-year-old woman with COVID-19 who presented to the Emergency Department with a transient loss of consciousness and was found to have a massive pulmonary embolism and an acute stroke. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case that calls for attention to the importance of vigilance for such a catastrophic presentation of COVID-19.

Keywords: Beta coronavirus; Coronavirus; Coronavirus infections; Pulmonary embolism; Stroke; Venous thromboembolism.