ISSN: 2155-6148
Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
Dr. Venkata Ganesh is an Associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, AIIMS, New Delhi, India , Dr. Venkata Ganesh is the author/editors/reviewer in several international journals. He published articles in many journals and the articles are informative and got good citations.
Case Report
Rare Manifestations of Dreaded COVID-19 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Case Report
Author(s): Nishant Patel*, Richa Aggarwal, Venkata Ganesh, Manpreet Kaur, Kapil Dev Soni and Anjan Trikha
Several Neurologic manifestations have been found in COVID. But there is very little literature on cerebral venous
thrombosis association with COVID. We herein report an unusual presentation of patients infected with COVID19
i.e. CVT in 2 patients. We should be aware of this atypical manifestation and early management can have a favourable
prognosis. It is prudent to administer vitamin therapy in COVID patients with elevated d-dimer or homocysteine levels due
to the risk of CVT. COVID-19 virus is neurotropic and is potentially associated with hypercoagulable state. Neurological
symptoms appear either as first symptoms or with respiratory symptoms or anytime during the disease course. Neurological
manifestations range from altered sensorium, acute cerebrovascular disease to seizures... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6148.21.12.1008