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  • SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, has recently been associated with a myriad of hematologic derangements; in particular, an unusually high incidence of venous thromboembolism has been reported in patients with COVID-19 infection. It is postulated that either the cytokine storm induced by the viral infection or endothelial damage caused by viral binding to the ACE-2 receptor may activate a cascade leading to a hypercoaguable state. Although pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis have been well described in patients with COVID-19 infection, there is a paucity of literature on cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (cVST) associated with COVID-19 infection. cVST is an uncommon etiology of stroke and has a higher occurrence in women and young people. We report a series of three patients at our institution with confirmed COVID-19 infection and venous sinus thrombosis, two of whom were male and one female. These cases fall outside the typical demographic of patients with cVST, potentially attributable to COVID-19 induced hypercoaguability. This illustrates the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for cVST in patients with COVID-19 infection, particularly those with unexplained cerebral hemorrhage, or infarcts with an atypical pattern for arterial occlusive disease.
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  • 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105434
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  • J_Stroke_Cerebrovasc_Dis
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/02d8b10b88b1b50c216ff85cba57950130f4cd29.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7833244.xml.json
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  • 33190109.0
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  • Elsevier; Medline; PMC
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  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in COVID-19 Infection: A Case Series and Review of The Literature
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  • 2020-11-06

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