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Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report
Cerebrovascular diseases appear to be one of the most serious complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this report, we present a case of a 38-year-old male with a past medical history significant only for hypertension, who presented to the emergency department (ED) with confusion and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8212964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34159021 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15119 |
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author | Abdelmasih, Randa Abdelmaseih, Ramy Ramos De Oleo, Radhames |
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description | Cerebrovascular diseases appear to be one of the most serious complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this report, we present a case of a 38-year-old male with a past medical history significant only for hypertension, who presented to the emergency department (ED) with confusion and multiple focal neurologic deficits. Brain imaging showed acute multiple cerebral watershed infarctions. Upon further investigation and laboratory workup, the hypercoagulability and vasculitis panels were found to be negative, and other differential diagnoses were ruled out. In light of a number of emerging reports of COVID-19-related ischemic stroke, our patient was also screened for the disease, and surprisingly the test came back positive. We believe this case report will highlight the importance of conducting neurological examinations in COVID-19 patients, since timely workup and prompt interventions may reduce morbidity and mortality. |
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spelling | pubmed-82129642021-06-21 Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report Abdelmasih, Randa Abdelmaseih, Ramy Ramos De Oleo, Radhames Cureus Internal Medicine Cerebrovascular diseases appear to be one of the most serious complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this report, we present a case of a 38-year-old male with a past medical history significant only for hypertension, who presented to the emergency department (ED) with confusion and multiple focal neurologic deficits. Brain imaging showed acute multiple cerebral watershed infarctions. Upon further investigation and laboratory workup, the hypercoagulability and vasculitis panels were found to be negative, and other differential diagnoses were ruled out. In light of a number of emerging reports of COVID-19-related ischemic stroke, our patient was also screened for the disease, and surprisingly the test came back positive. We believe this case report will highlight the importance of conducting neurological examinations in COVID-19 patients, since timely workup and prompt interventions may reduce morbidity and mortality. Cureus 2021-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8212964/ /pubmed/34159021 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15119 Text en Copyright © 2021, Abdelmasih et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Abdelmasih, Randa Abdelmaseih, Ramy Ramos De Oleo, Radhames Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report |
title | Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_full | Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_short | Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_sort | acute multiple cerebral watershed infarctions as the initial presentation of covid-19 in a young male patient: a case report |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8212964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34159021 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15119 |
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