Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
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J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis · Aug 2020
Case ReportsCerebral venous thrombosis: A typical presentation of COVID-19 in the young.
Identify clinical and radiographic features of venous infarct as a presenting feature of COVID-19 in the young. ⋯ Although elderly patients with comorbidities are considered highest risk for COVID-19 neurologic complications, usually when systemic symptoms are severe, this case report emphasizes that young individuals are at risk for VTE with neurologic complications even when systemic symptoms are mild, likely induced by COVID-19 associated hypercoagulable state.