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BMJ Case Rep ; 16(1)2023 Jan 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2223608

ABSTRACT

A man in his late 50s was admitted with a 10-day history of right frontotemporal headache, left arm and leg weakness, and a sudden decline in visual acuity in the right eye. The patient had recent exposure to COVID-19 infection and tested positive for the same on admission. A CT scan of the head done on arrival demonstrated a subarachnoid haemorrhage in the right central sulcus with an underlying superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. No other known risk factors for central venous sinus thrombosis could be identified. The patient had a normal level of consciousness on admission clinically; however, he was in severe pain. A collective decision was made to administer anticoagulants to the patient with heparin after carefully deliberating the risk-to-benefit ratio of a superior sagittal thrombus with an associated subarachnoid haemorrhage. Our patient recovered and was discharged after 2 weeks on warfarin. We present this case to highlight the potential risks of hypercoagulable and neurotropic complications of COVID-19 infections, with special emphasis on cerebral venous thrombosis.


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COVID-19 , Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis , Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial , Subarachnoid Hemorrhage , Male , Humans , Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis/diagnostic imaging , Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis/drug therapy , Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis/etiology , Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/etiology , Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/complications , COVID-19/complications , Anticoagulants/therapeutic use , Cranial Sinuses , Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial/diagnostic imaging , Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial/drug therapy , Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial/etiology
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