• Sao Paulo Med J · Mar 2021

    Case Reports

    Venous sinus thrombosis during COVID-19 infection in pregnancy: a case report.

    • Zahide Betül Gunduz.
    • MD, PhD. Neurologist and Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Health Sciences, Konya Education and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey.
    • Sao Paulo Med J. 2021 Mar 1; 139 (2): 190-195.

    BackgroundAlthough it is known that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which was first seen in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has affected the whole world, mainly targets the respiratory tract, cases of this disease with a wide clinical spectrum are emerging as information is shared.Case ReportWe present the case of a pregnant woman who was diagnosed with venous sinus thrombosis after she developed headache and hemiparesis. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positivity lasted for two weeks after COVID-19 had been diagnosed.ConclusionsIn patients with suspected COVID-19, especially in the presence of causes of hypercoagu- lability and presence of atypical features, venous sinus thrombosis needs to be kept in mind in making the differential diagnosis.

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