An unusual clinical manifestation of coronavirus disease 2019 in a woman with twin pregnancy: a case report.
J Med Case Rep
; 16(1): 156, 2022 Apr 19.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1799091
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Although coronavirus disease 2019 affects mainly the respiratory system, as time passes and our understanding of the disease improves, many nonrespiratory clinical manifestations such as thromboembolic events have been shown to occur with or without respiratory tract involvement. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 21-year-old gravid 3, live 1, abortion 1 Iranian woman pregnant with twins in her early first trimester. Her initial chief complaint was headache that gradually increased in intensity. Eventually, cerebral vein thrombosis was confirmed. Although the patient first manifested with neurological involvement, she developed upper respiratory symptoms soon after, and then nasopharyngeal polymerase chain reaction test returned positive.CONCLUSION:
Any neurological complaints in pregnant women during the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic should raise suspicion for the presence of significant cerebral thrombotic or ischemic events, even if the patient has no complaint of respiratory tract involvement and/or when an initial nasopharyngeal polymerase chain reaction test is negative.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Med Case Rep
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13256-022-03377-9
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