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BMC Pregnancy Childbirth ; 20(1): 587, 2020 Oct 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-818079

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: There are no published cases of tonic-clonic seizures and posterior bilateral blindness during pregnancy and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus (COV) 2 (SARS-COV-2) infection. We do not just face new and unknown manifestations, but also how different patient groups are affected by SARS-COV-2 infection, such as pregnant women. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), preeclampsia, eclampsia and posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy share endothelium damage and similar pathophysiology. CASE PRESENTATION: A 35-year-old pregnant woman was admitted for tonic-clonic seizures and SARS-COV-2 infection. She had a normal pregnancy control and no other symptoms before tonic-clonic seizures development. After a Caesarean section (C-section) she developed high blood pressure, and we initiated antihypertensive treatment with labetalol, amlodipine and captopril. Few hours later she developed symptoms of cortical blindness that resolved in 72 h with normal brain computed tomography (CT) angiography. CONCLUSION: The authors conclude that SARS COV-2 infection could promote brain endothelial damage and facilitate neurological complications during pregnancy.


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Antihypertensive Agents/administration & dosage , Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification , Blindness, Cortical , Cesarean Section/methods , Coronavirus Infections , Eclampsia , Fibrinolytic Agents/administration & dosage , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious , Seizures , Adult , Blindness, Cortical/diagnosis , Blindness, Cortical/virology , Brain/diagnostic imaging , COVID-19 , Computed Tomography Angiography/methods , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/physiopathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Eclampsia/diagnosis , Eclampsia/therapy , Eclampsia/virology , Female , Humans , Neurologic Examination/methods , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/physiopathology , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/etiology , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/physiopathology , Pregnancy Outcome , SARS-CoV-2 , Seizures/diagnosis , Seizures/etiology , Seizures/therapy , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods , Treatment Outcome
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