Acute Stroke as the Presenting Symptom of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Young Patient with Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy

Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has currently reached pandemic levels and neurological manifestations, including stroke as the initial presentation, have been increasingly recognized (1-3). Majority of the reported ischemic strokes are large vessel occlusion or embolic appearing strokes and are frequently described in critically ill patients with severe COVID-19 disease (2), but small ischemic strokes have also been reported (4). Recently, stroke as the presenting symptom in younger patients (

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 18, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Gabriela Trifan, Maureen Hillmann, Fernando D. Testai Source Type: research