Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Patients with COVID-19 Infection: a Case Series and Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been increasing reports associating the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with thromboembolic phenomenon including ischemic strokes and venous thromboembolism. Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a rare neurovascular emergency that has been observed in some COVID-19 patients, yet much remains to be learnt of its underlying pathophysiology.

Objective

We present a case series of local patients with concomitant COVID-19 infection and CVT; and aim to perform a systematic review of known cases in the current literature.

Methods

We describe two patients with concomitant COVID-19 infection and CVT from a nationwide registry in Singapore. We then conducted a literature search in PubMed and Embase using a suitable keyword search strategy from 1st Decembe

SUBMITTER: Tu TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7538072 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature