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Severe headache as the sole presenting symptom of COVID-19 pneumonia: A case report

The spectrum of symptoms of COVID-19 continues to expand as more clinical observations are reported. Neurological manifestations including headache are increasingly described. However, headache as the sole presenting symptom of COVID-19 pneumonia has not been reported. We describe a patient in Tanza...

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Autores principales: Kimambo, Henrika, Chin, Jerome H., Mnacho, Mohammed, Punatar, Priyank, Msilanga, Daniel, Chagula, Anney Cletus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7423632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32835023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2020.100882
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Sumario:The spectrum of symptoms of COVID-19 continues to expand as more clinical observations are reported. Neurological manifestations including headache are increasingly described. However, headache as the sole presenting symptom of COVID-19 pneumonia has not been reported. We describe a patient in Tanzania who experienced severe headache for seven days before the onset of other symptoms of COVID-19 that led to her isolation, diagnosis, and treatment.