Locked-in Syndrome in a Young Patient Due to SARS-CoV-2: A Case Report

Frontiers in Medicine

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Muhammad Aslam Khan¹  Muhammad Adnan Haider¹  Muhammad Hanif²  Mukarram Jamat Ali³  Saud Bin Abdul Sattar⁴  Qasim Zafar Iqbal⁴  Zeeshan Zia⁴  Muhammad Raphay Khan Niazi⁴ 

[1] Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan;

[2] Khyber Medical College, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan;

[3] King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan;

[4] Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, NY, United States;

关键词: COVID-19;    SARS- CoV-2;    thrombotic complication;    hypercoagulability;    locked-in syndrome;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2020.574690

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), apart from commonly involving the respiratory system, has its impact on the central nervous system, with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations ranging from headaches to ischemic strokes. The ongoing research regarding this novel disease has found that there is a very high prevalence of thrombotic episodes especially in critically ill patients when compared to severe presentation of other viral illnesses. This COVID-19-associated coagulopathy has a very complex etiology with the ability to form thrombus in arteries, veins, and microvasculatures of different organs. We present a unique case of a young woman with underlying COVID-19 who unfortunately developed locked-in syndrome due to bilateral pontine infarction during the course of her illness.

【 授权许可】

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