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  • Fulminant Extra- And Intrac...
    Furtado, Sunil V; Hegde, Nishchit; Prabhu, Vinay M D

    Acta neurologica Taiwanica, 2023-Jun-30, Letnik: 32(2)
    Journal Article

    Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with increased risk of stroke and intracranial hemorrhage. This first report of fulminant panvascular arteriovenous thrombosis with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in a post-COVID-19 infection is attributed to extensive arteriovenous inflammation leading to arterial rupture following vasculitis. We report a rare case of extensive extra- and intra-cranial cerebral arteriovenous thrombosis following COVID-19 infection, presenting as fatal non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The clinical course, biochemical and radiological evaluation is discussed. The other possible etiological differentials which were analysed and ruled out during case management are also detailed. A high degree of suspicion for COVID-19 induced coagulopathy leading to extensive non- aneurysmal, non-hemispheric SAH and malignant intracranial hypertension should be entertained. Our experience and previous reports on non-aneurysmal SAH in such patients show a poor prognosis.