COVID-19-associated Isolated Cortical Vein Thrombosis: Detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in CSF
Neurohospitalist, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.520-523, 2022 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2022
- Doi Numarası: 10.1177/19418744221079145
- Dergi Adı: Neurohospitalist
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.520-523
- Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, intracranial sinus thrombosis, seizures
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
COVID-19 has been associated with central nervous system manifestations; however, cerebral venous thrombosis is rarely reported. A 34-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with headache and recurrent seizures; she was recently discharged after COVID-19 pneumonia. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance venography showed cortical vein thrombosis in the right frontal lobe. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in cerebrospinal fluid analysis. The patient was anticoagulated and put on antiepileptics. The most probable mechanism underlying the venous thrombosis is COVID-19-associated hypercoagulability. However, the relation between the viral RNA in cerebrospinal fluid analysis and the thrombosis is controversial.