Focal neurological deficits from multiple thromboembolic stroke
complicating COVID-19
Abstract
Recent studies reported that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
invades the central or peripheral nervous system by various mechanisms
including angiotensin converting enzyme-2 receptors, blood-brain barrier
injury, and immune injury. The possibility that COVID-19 can occur due
to the mechanism of thromboembolic stroke, as a result central nervous
system, was confirmed by brain images and laboratory test. What we need
to note is that COVID-19 can also appear as a focal neurological defect.
In addition, if the COVID-19 patient has a high D-dimer and an
inflammatory maker, clinicians must be aware of multiple thromboembolic
strokes as well as the occurrence of ischemic stroke caused by large
vessel stroke.