A case report of cerebral venous infarction due to venous sinus thrombosis as complication in a Covid-19 patient

Abdul Qadir Qader; Omid Nahzat; Adelah Junaidy Qader; Samira Atahi

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2021.07.056

A case report of cerebral venous infarction due to venous sinus thrombosis as complication in a Covid-19 patient

Radiol Case Rep. 2021 Nov;16(11):3336-3340. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.07.056. Epub 2021 Jul 29.

Authors

Abdul Qadir Qader^{1

2}, Omid Nahzat³, Adelah Junaidy Qader², Samira Atahi²

Affiliations

¹ Radiology Department, Hekmat Medical Imaging and diagnostic Center (HMIC), Faculty of Medicine Herat University, Herat Afghanistan.
² Hekmat Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Center (HMIC).
³ Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine Herat University, Herat Afghanistan.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease caused by a new corona virus known as SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2) and well known to increase the risk of developing venous thromboembolism; thus, patients with COVID-19 may present with neurological disorders. Venous thromboembolism is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with COVID-19. We report a case of 35 years old woman who presented neurological disorders due to venous infarction and venous sinus thrombosis as complication in COVID-19. Clinicians and medical staff should be aware of neurologic symptoms and neurological deficit in background of COVID-19, which might even be the first presentation of this infection, thus prompting increased attention to disease presentation and early treatment with anticoagulation should be initiated in these settings.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cerebral venous infarction; Complication of covid-19; Venous sinus thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports