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A Case of Bilateral Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: More Than Meets the Eye

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare etiology of stroke that results from inherited and/or acquired conditions, which can present in a variety of symptoms. CVST in the setting of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has rarely been observed. Herein, we present the case of a 32-year-o...

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Autores principales: Valenta, Jordan, Sheikhan, Nazanin, Trad, George, Brockway, Matthew, Wierman, Ann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9376216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35983396
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26917
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author Valenta, Jordan
Sheikhan, Nazanin
Trad, George
Brockway, Matthew
Wierman, Ann
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description Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare etiology of stroke that results from inherited and/or acquired conditions, which can present in a variety of symptoms. CVST in the setting of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has rarely been observed. Herein, we present the case of a 32-year-old female with a recent history of COVID-19 subsequently found to have CVST involving bilateral transverse sinuses. Further workup demonstrated several hypercoagulable conditions, which were likely exacerbated by the viral infection. This case demonstrates an atypical outcome for young, COVID-19-positive patients, which emphasizes the importance of diligence when examining symptomatic patients with a history of COVID-19 infection. The patient was treated with apixaban therapy with radiographic resolution of bilateral CVST and improved vision.
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spelling pubmed-93762162022-08-17 A Case of Bilateral Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: More Than Meets the Eye Valenta, Jordan Sheikhan, Nazanin Trad, George Brockway, Matthew Wierman, Ann Cureus Internal Medicine Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare etiology of stroke that results from inherited and/or acquired conditions, which can present in a variety of symptoms. CVST in the setting of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has rarely been observed. Herein, we present the case of a 32-year-old female with a recent history of COVID-19 subsequently found to have CVST involving bilateral transverse sinuses. Further workup demonstrated several hypercoagulable conditions, which were likely exacerbated by the viral infection. This case demonstrates an atypical outcome for young, COVID-19-positive patients, which emphasizes the importance of diligence when examining symptomatic patients with a history of COVID-19 infection. The patient was treated with apixaban therapy with radiographic resolution of bilateral CVST and improved vision. Cureus 2022-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9376216/ /pubmed/35983396 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26917 Text en Copyright © 2022, Valenta 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.
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Trad, George
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title A Case of Bilateral Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: More Than Meets the Eye
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title_short A Case of Bilateral Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: More Than Meets the Eye
title_sort case of bilateral cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: more than meets the eye
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9376216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35983396
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26917
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