Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome in a Patient With COVID-19

Division

Gulf Coast

Hospital

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood

Document Type

Case Report

Publication Date

8-24-2021

Keywords

reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome, intracerebral hemorrhage, covid-19, sars-cov-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus -2), convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage

Disciplines

Internal Medicine | Nervous System Diseases | Neurology | Virus Diseases

Abstract

Neurological manifestations, such as encephalopathy, intracranial neuropathy, headache, and cognitive decline, are often presented in patients with COVID-19 infection. Since the onset of the pandemic, acute ischemic stroke associated with a hypercoagulable state caused by COVID-19 is increasingly being reported. Hemorrhagic stroke is also reported via poorly understood mechanisms. We report one of the first-ever cases of intraparenchymal hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome in a patient with COVID-19 infection.

Publisher or Conference

Cureus

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