Dual catastrophe of COVID-19: Massive pulmonary embolism and stroke in a previously healthy young patient: A case report. Issue 5 (May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: AlSheef, Mohammed; Zaidi, Abdul Rehman Z.; Abonab, Majid; Obaid, Mona; Bawazir, Khalid; Zaidi, Syed Ziauddin A.; Kullab, Ghaydaa J.; Alawfi, Sultan; Enani, Mushira
• Is Part Of: Journal of infection and public health. Volume 14:Issue 5(2021)
• Page Start: 647
• Page End: 650
• Publication Date: 2021-05
• Subjects: Coronavirus -- Coronavirus infections -- Beta coronavirus -- Venous thromboembolism -- Stroke -- Pulmonary embolism; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Nosocomial infections -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; 614.4
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.01.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1876-0341

Abstract

Abstract: We are reporting a 45-year-old woman with COVID-19 who presented to the Emergency Department with a transient loss of consciousness and was found to have a massive pulmonary embolism and an acute stroke. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case that calls for attention to the importance of vigilance for such a catastrophic presentation of COVID-19.