Elshereye Amro, Erdinc Burak
Internal Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Aug 10;12(8):e9638. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9638.
Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) is a novel corona virus that started as an outbreak in the Hubei province of China in December 2019 and later became a pandemic affecting every continent on the planet. Patients with severe COVID-19 tend to develop acute thrombotic complications including myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and ischemic stroke. We describe a case of a 75-year-old-female who presented with acute onset slurred speech and right sided facial droop. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 with acute ischemic stroke as the initial presentation. Stroke as the initial presentation of COVID-19 is rare and has not been described in the literature frequently. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness about this potential complication of COVID-19 as an initial presentation.
冠状病毒病19（COVID-19）是一种新型冠状病毒，于2019年12月在中国湖北省爆发，后来成为一场影响地球上各大洲的大流行病。重症COVID-19患者往往会出现急性血栓形成并发症，包括心肌梗死、肺栓塞和缺血性中风。我们描述了一例75岁女性病例，该患者出现急性起病的言语不清和右侧面部下垂。她被诊断为以急性缺血性中风为首发表现的COVID-19。中风作为COVID-19的首发表现很罕见，文献中也鲜有描述。本报告的目的是提高对COVID-19作为首发表现的这种潜在并发症的认识。
