The Unfamiliar Case of COVID-19 Induced Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in a Pediatric Patient

The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19 infection has affected the world from the end of 2019 with pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations. Hematologic complications are a rare but severe complication of the COVID-19 infection. There have been very few cases reported in the past showing th...

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Autores principales: Anvekar, Priyanka, Lohana, Petras, Kalaiger, Abdul mukhtadir, Ali, Syed R, Galinde, Rohit S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8442808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34540436
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17209
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Sumario:The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19 infection has affected the world from the end of 2019 with pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations. Hematologic complications are a rare but severe complication of the COVID-19 infection. There have been very few cases reported in the past showing thrombotic complications in the pediatric age group. We present a case of a 12-year-old male child showing cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) who tested positive for COVID-19 at the same time. We highlight the potential of this complication in the pediatric age group and discuss the treatment, which is an infrequent phenomenon.

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