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Case Report
A case of cerebral embolism with Coronavirus disease 2019
Ken-ichi Shibata, M.D., Ph.D.1), Tatsuya Mukai, M.D.1), Hideaki Nakagaki, M.D.1) and Sukehisa Nagano, M.D.1)
1) Department of Neurology, Fukuoka City Hospital
A 63-year-old man, who had persistent fever for a month, was admitted to the hospital with sudden left arm palsy with a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 3. Consequently, brain MRI showed hyperintensity of the bilateral occipital, right parietal, and right frontal lobes on diffusion-weighted imaging. Moreover, FLAIR presented hyperintensity of the left occipital lobe. Magnetic resonance angiography detected the deficit of the blood-flow signal of the horizontal segment of the middle cerebral artery. He was diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke. In addition, chest CT showed ground-glass opacities, and test to detect SARS-CoV-2 was positive. Cerebral embolism was suspected. However, the source was unknown. His ischemic stroke was possibly associated with coagulation abnormality caused by coronavirus disease 2019.
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(CLINICA NEUROL, 61: 486|490, 2021)
key words: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, ischemic stroke, cerebral embolism
(Received: 25-Jan-21)