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Ischemic Stroke in the Course of COVID-19 in a 16-Year-Old Boy

The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 disease is still evolving and, despite the end of the acute phase of the pandemic, still poses a risk to public health. One of the very rare complications, occurring in less than 1% of children, is multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MISC). Due to...

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Autores principales: Syzdoł, Bartłomiej, Rzewuska, Anna Maria, Sielwanowska, Wiktoria, Żybowska, Monika, Wilczek, Natalia Anna, Woźniak, Magdalena Maria
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10672380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38002578
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12226963
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author Syzdoł, Bartłomiej
Rzewuska, Anna Maria
Sielwanowska, Wiktoria
Żybowska, Monika
Wilczek, Natalia Anna
Woźniak, Magdalena Maria
author_facet Syzdoł, Bartłomiej
Rzewuska, Anna Maria
Sielwanowska, Wiktoria
Żybowska, Monika
Wilczek, Natalia Anna
Woźniak, Magdalena Maria
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description The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 disease is still evolving and, despite the end of the acute phase of the pandemic, still poses a risk to public health. One of the very rare complications, occurring in less than 1% of children, is multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MISC). Due to the risk of thromboembolic complications as well as cardiac problems, MISC carries a number of life-threatening complications. We report a case of a 16-year-old boy who was hospitalized due to general weakness, fever, conjunctivitis, vomiting and diarrhoea. In view of the mother’s positive result of the SARS-CoV-2 test, the teenager underwent numerous laboratory tests. Taking into account the critical condition of the patient, anticoagulant and antipyretic treatment, steroids and IVIG were added. During hospitalisation, alarming symptoms occurred, including dysarthria, drooping corner of the mouth and muscle weakness on the right side. The magnetic resonance imaging showed changes characteristic of ischemic stroke. Further studies are needed to assess possible thrombotic complications in children after SARS-CoV-2 infection, and specialists should be more vigilant in paediatric patients presenting with such symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-106723802023-11-07 Ischemic Stroke in the Course of COVID-19 in a 16-Year-Old Boy Syzdoł, Bartłomiej Rzewuska, Anna Maria Sielwanowska, Wiktoria Żybowska, Monika Wilczek, Natalia Anna Woźniak, Magdalena Maria J Clin Med Case Report The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 disease is still evolving and, despite the end of the acute phase of the pandemic, still poses a risk to public health. One of the very rare complications, occurring in less than 1% of children, is multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MISC). Due to the risk of thromboembolic complications as well as cardiac problems, MISC carries a number of life-threatening complications. We report a case of a 16-year-old boy who was hospitalized due to general weakness, fever, conjunctivitis, vomiting and diarrhoea. In view of the mother’s positive result of the SARS-CoV-2 test, the teenager underwent numerous laboratory tests. Taking into account the critical condition of the patient, anticoagulant and antipyretic treatment, steroids and IVIG were added. During hospitalisation, alarming symptoms occurred, including dysarthria, drooping corner of the mouth and muscle weakness on the right side. The magnetic resonance imaging showed changes characteristic of ischemic stroke. Further studies are needed to assess possible thrombotic complications in children after SARS-CoV-2 infection, and specialists should be more vigilant in paediatric patients presenting with such symptoms. MDPI 2023-11-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10672380/ /pubmed/38002578 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12226963 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Rzewuska, Anna Maria
Sielwanowska, Wiktoria
Żybowska, Monika
Wilczek, Natalia Anna
Woźniak, Magdalena Maria
Ischemic Stroke in the Course of COVID-19 in a 16-Year-Old Boy
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title_sort ischemic stroke in the course of covid-19 in a 16-year-old boy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10672380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38002578
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12226963
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