Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: October | Volume: 10 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 105-108
Ischemic Stroke in COVID-19 Patient: Case Report
Hind Elshareef, Jawaher Enani
King Saud University Medical city, Riyadh, KSA
Corresponding Author: Hind Elshareef
ABSTRACT
A lot of data are emerging regarding the prothrombotic tendency of COVID-19 which led to different guidelines regarding the use of thromboprophylaxis in such cases. We present a case of middle age man with COVID-19 presented with evolving ischemic stroke, he was not known to have risk factor and was successfully treated with thrombolytic therapy.
Key words: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, thromboembolic disease