TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Tazza, Francesco
AU  -  Donniaquio, Andrea
AU  -  Mancuso, Elisabetta
AU  -  Finocchi, Cinzia
AU  -  Bandettini Di Poggio, Monica Laura
AU  -  Gandoglia, Ilaria
AU  -  Schenone, Angelo
AU  -  Del Sette, Massimo
AU  -  Balestrino, Maurizio
T1  -  Ischemic stroke as the presenting symptom of covid-19 infection in an 18-years-old athlete
PY  -  2024
Y1  -  2024-04-01
DO  -  10.1727/4286.42680
JO  -  Rivista di Neurologia
JA  -  Riv Neurol
VL  -  1
IS  -  2
SP  -  103
EP  -  104
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  3035-3599
Y2  -  2026/06/19
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1727/4286.42680
N2  -  Summary. We report the case of a young, healthy and fit teenager who suffered ischemic stroke as the only symptom of covid-19 infection. A healthy, asymptomatic 18 y.o. athlete suffered ischemic stroke. Asymptomatic, unsuspected covid-19 infection was found upon admission. Stroke was caused by distal occlusion of middle cerebral artery, besides an asymptomatic thrombosis of a distal branch of the pulmonary artery was also found. No risk factors for stroke were found, besides a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Whatever the role that PFO might possibly have played in causing this stroke, it was clearly precipitated by a hypercoagulable state induced by ­covid-19 infection. While covid-19 infection in young people is often erroneously perceived as innocuous, it can have dire consequences even in young, healthy and fit subjects.
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