Internal carotid artery thrombosis in COVID 19.

ABSTRACT:

Case description

37-year-old female with PCR-RT swab for COVID-19 positive, with neurological manifestation as a result of internal carotid artery occlusion.

Clinical findings

Nasal congestion and sneezing of 5 days duration; pulsatile headache in the left hemicranium 3 days prior to admission, with intensity 6/10 according to the visual analogue scale, accompanied by phosphenes, photophobia and diplopia; with subsequent developing right hemiparesis over a 26-hour period.

Treatment and result

She was given medical management with oral antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants (subcutaneous and oral) during his hospitalization, it was not possible to perform thrombolysis and thrombectomy due to the high risk of complications. He was discharged at 14 days, without function

SUBMITTER: Alvarez Moreno Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7744109 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature