Stroke as a an initial presentation of SARS-COV2 infection: a brief report

Abstract

Abstract The novel Coronavirus 19 infection spread rapidly from Wuhan, Hubei Province – China, to the worldwide, becoming a pandemic. The infection does not cause only flu-like syndrome (fever, dry cough and shortness of breath) and respiratory distress of varying severity but also affects the kidneys, the heart, the nervous system and the circulatory apparatus, causing thromboembolic events. Usually these problems occur in patients with severe respiratory failure admitted to Intensive Care Unit and with pre-existing comorbidities.We report the case of a patient without Covid symptoms who had thrombotic stroke as the presenting features of Coronavirus infection.</jats:p