Aortic arch thrombosis complicated by an embolic stroke in a patient with COVID-19: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Aortic thrombosis is an uncommon condition with serious embolic complications. COVID-19 is currently recognized to be associated with both venous and arterial thrombosis. However, only a limited number of COVID-19 cases associated with aortic thrombosis have been reported in the literature since the beginning of the pandemic.

Case presentation

A 66-year-old lady was admitted to our hospital with acute ischemic stroke. Floating aortic arch thrombus was detected incidentally on CT imaging. Interestingly, the patient reported a history of fever and cough and was found to have COVID-19 pneumonia based on nasopharyngeal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and imaging. The patient received three months of anticoagulant therapy, and repeated imaging study did not reveal an

SUBMITTER: Al-Mashdali AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381619 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature