DOI: 10.12890/2020_001691

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis as a Presentation of COVID-19

Authors

  • Christopher Hughes Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, Wales, UK
  • Tom Nichols Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, Wales, UK
  • Martin Pike Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, Wales, UK
  • Christian Subbe Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, Wales, UK
  • Salah Elghenzai Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, Wales, UK

tomnichols@doctors.org.uk

Keywords

COVID-19, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, anticoagulation, stroke

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We describe the case of a 59-year-old man who presented with headache, hypertension and a single episode of fever with no other symptoms. He subsequently developed unilateral weakness. Computer tomography identified a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). A subsequent test for COVID-19 was positive. This is the first report of CVST as a presenting symptom of COVID-19 infection.

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Published

2020-04-29

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 5 (2020)

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Hughes C, Nichols T, Pike M, Subbe C, Elghenzai S. Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis as a Presentation of COVID-19. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 29 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];7(5). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/1691